Malaria parasites fine-tune offspring's gender: study

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 14:35 in Paleontology & Archaeology

LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria parasites fine-tune the number of male and female offspring they produce to maximize the odds of infecting another host, a finding that could help fight the deadly disease, British researchers said on Wednesday.

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