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Sex determination systems as the interface between male-killing bacteria and their hosts

Arthropods host a range of sex-ratio-distorting selfish elements, including diverse maternally inherited endosymbionts that solely kill infected males. Male-killing heritable microbes are common, reach high frequency, but until recently have been poorly understood in terms of the host–microbe intera...

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Autores principales: Hornett, Emily A., Kageyama, Daisuke, Hurst, Gregory D. D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35414231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2781