Evolutionary BiologyeLifePeer-reviewed
Prophage-encoded Hm-oscar gene recapitulates Wolbachia-induced male killing in the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima
Hiroshi Arai, Susumu Katsuma, Noriko Matsuda–Imai…·Daisuke Kageyama
This study shows that the prophage-encoded Hm-oscar gene in the tea tortrix moth causes male lethality, similar to Wolbachia-induced male killing in other insects.
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