Autor: Hiroshi Arai, Toshiyuki Harumoto, Susumu Katsuma, Keisuke Nagamine, Daisuke Kageyama
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Striking diversity of male-killing symbionts and their mechanisms
Symbiosis is a fundamental characteristic of eukaryotic biology. Arthropods, including insects, often harbor maternally inherited endosymbiotic microbes, some of which have evolved the ability to selectively kill male hosts – a phenomenon known as ‘mal…
