Male-Killing Virus Is Discovered in Insects - The New York Times - 0 views
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Scientists in Japan have identified a virus that selectively kills males — and it happens to be inheritable, creating generation upon generation of all females.
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That could one day help control populations of pest insects and disease vectors like mosquitoes.
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By the time he remembered them several days later, he had about 50 adult moths, and unexpectedly, all of them were female.
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