Infection 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

Infection 2

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This fruit fly is infected with a fungus, Metarhizium robertsii, that is fatal to many insects. Rice University scientists set up groups of flies and inserted an infected 'patient zero' to see how the spread of disease was influenced by sex ratios and group behavior.

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Nick Keiser/Rice University

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