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自ら治療する蝶
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Jaap de Roode
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TEDYouth 2014
• November 2014
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私たち人間と同じように、オオカバマダラも時には寄生虫によって病におかされます。ところが、生物学者のジャープ・デ=ローデは自身が研究していた蝶について面白い発見をします。寄生虫に感染したメスの母蝶が産卵場所に選んだのは、子どもを病気から避けることができる特別な薬草の上だったのです。なぜこの薬草を選ぶことができるのでしょうか?これを「バタフライ効果」として考えてみましょう。人間の病気を治療できる新しい薬の開発のヒントになるかもしれません。
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