"Given that about 4,600 cockroach species have been identified to date, cockroach-mediated seed dispersal may be a more pervasive but an as yet undocumented mechanism, rather than a unique exploit by a particular plant species," Naoto Sugiura, an associate professor at Kumamoto University, said in a news release.
"Võttes arvesse, et siiani on tuvastatud ligikaudu 4600 prussakaliiki, võib seemnete levitamine prussakate vahendusel olla palju laiaulatuslikum ja siiani lihtsalt dokumenteerimata mehhanism, mitte pelgalt kindla taimeliigi ainulaadne oskus prussakaid ära kasutada," ütles pressiteates Naoto Sugiura, Kumamoto ülikooli kaasprofessor.