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A pathogenic fungus uses volatiles to entice male flies into fatal matings with infected female cadavers

2021-10-22

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To ensure dispersal, many parasites and pathogens behaviourally manipulate infected hosts. Other pathogens and certain insect-pollinated flowers use sexual mimicry and release deceptive mating signals. However, it is unusual for pathogens to rely on both behavioural host manipulation and sexual mimicry. Here, we show that the host-specific and behaviourally manipulating pathogenic fungus, Entomophthora muscae , g...

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Literature Corpus work: 728fd241-0fc4-53ba-acbd-6c471db98a62
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.21.465334

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