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Infection pattern of male-killing viruses alters phenotypes in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima.
Heredity - 1 Feb 2025
Takamatsu Takumi, Arai Hiroshi, Itoh Yoshiyuki, Kozono Takuma, Wu Chien-Fu, Kitaura Kentaro, Moriyama Hiromitsu, Inoue Maki N
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Male-killing is a microbe-induced reproductive manipulation in invertebrates whereby male hosts are eliminated during development. In the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima, Osugoroshi viruses 1‒3 (OGVs), belonging to Partitiviridae induce male-killing. The infection patterns of OGVs are diverse; however, how the influence of these patterns of host phenotypes remains largely unknown. Using field-collected larvae,...
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