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📅 NSB Round Robin 2013🎓 MS🔄 Round 2#️⃣ Question 12🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Wolbachia [wohl-BAK-eea] bacteria are maternally transmitted in insect hosts. Which of the following is NOT a method by which Wolbachia manipulate the reproductive processes of their hosts in order to promote their proliferation through a host population?

W) Killing male offspring
X) Inducing parthenogenesis [par-thuh-noh-JEN-uh-sis]
Y) Causing infected males to develop as females
Z) Increasing the proportion of haploid offspring
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