Scientists found that sawfly’s egg-laying organ acts like a biological saw which instinctively knows what to cut.
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A “remarkable” discovery about a wasp-like insect’s mechanism for cutting into plants could have implications for modern surgery, scientists say.
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University examined how female sawflies make such specific cuts when planting their eggs into plants.
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