Biology
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Birds Help Plants by Spreading Seeds After Eating Insects From Their Fruits
Relationship patterns among flightless stick insects suggest that birds disperse the eggs after eating gravid females. Lab experiments previously suggested the possibility, but a new genetic analysis of natural populations in Japan by Kobe University researchers now supports the idea.
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