title: Host-Symbiont Interactions: Male-Killers Exposed.
abstract: Male-killing is one strategy used by maternally transmitted bacterial symbionts to boost transmission and spread in populations. In Drosophila melanogaster, Spiroplasma target males by hijacking an essential, male-limited epigenetic process. A new study reveals clues to the mode of killing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, River campus, University of Rochester, 343 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. Electronic address: alarracu@bio.rochester.edu.
authors.forename: Amanda M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Larracuente
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. Electronic address: vmeller@biology.biosci.wayne.edu.
authors.forename: Victoria H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Meller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D008297:Male; D013149:Spiroplasma; D013559:Symbiosis