Tiny Microbe Turns Tropical Butterfly Into Male Killer, Scientists Discover

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 17:11 in Biology & Nature

A scientist from the University of Exeter has helped to identify a male-killing microbe in a tropical butterfly called the African Queen, which leads to the death of all sons when a mother is infected.

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