Dr Appel and Dr Cocroft published their findings in 2014. They have since been replicated many times in both cress and the tobacco plant, another common lab organism, and with a variety of caterpillars.
Appel 博士和 Cocroft 博士于 2014 发表了他们的发现。此后,他们在水芹和烟草植物(另一种常见的实验室生物)以及各种毛毛虫中进行了多次复制。