Fig. 2: Wing formation by Myzus persicae is linked to body colour.
From: A plant virus satellite RNA directly accelerates wing formation in its insect vector for spread
Red and green morphs of aphids from the same colony descended from a single mother have different fates in their life cycle. a Viviparous life cycle of green and red morphs. A: adult, N: nymph. The red and green nymphs were from uninfected stock plants. The aphid depiction was generated from our original photos. b Differences in fates between green and red morphs. All green morphs developed into apterous adults; all red morphs developed into alate adults. The adult stage could be divided into A(1)–A(4) based on changes in body colour, body size and wing-bud size. For detailed information, see the Supplementary Note 1 and ‘Methods’. Scale bars = 1 mm.
