Evolutionary conflicts: rapid suppression of a male-killer.
Conflicts between and within species can drive fast evolutionary change. A recent study has documented remarkably rapid counter-adaptations in the wild to an extreme sex-ratio distortion caused by a bacterial symbiont.
Martin
Oliver Y
OY
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. o.martin@uea.ac.uk
Gage
Matthew J G
MJ
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002080:Butterflies / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D019849:Sex Determination Processes; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*