Researchers describe for first time how some bacteria kill males: They first invade the mother
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 14:56
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many groups of bacteria are known as "male killers" -- they target and kill just the males of a host species. Now, a Cornell scientist has helped describe for the first time just how certain male-killing bacteria manage to specifically kill off males of a parasitic wasp.