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Male-killing virus leads to more female moths

Tobacco cutworms. Larvae of the oriental leafworm moth (Spodoptera litura) eating a holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) plant.

Larvae of the tobacco moth. A virus slashes male moth embryos’ chances of surviving to the larval stage. Credit: UK Crown copyright courtesy of Fera/SPL

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Nature 623, 461 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03401-y

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  1. Nagamine, K. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 120, e2312124120 (2023).

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