{"id":184437,"date":"2024-03-08T22:31:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T04:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/virus-hijacking-insect-sperm-causes-brutal-sterility-find-scientists"},"modified":"2024-03-08T22:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T04:31:53","slug":"virus-hijacking-insect-sperm-causes-brutal-sterility-find-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/virus-hijacking-insect-sperm-causes-brutal-sterility-find-scientists","title":{"rendered":"Virus hijacking insect sperm causes brutal sterility, find scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/virus-hijacking-insect-sperm-causes-brutal-sterility-find-scientists2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A brutal twist in the insect world: Researchers discovered a virus that causes sterility in male insects by commandeering their sperm. A striking testament to the intricate and often harsh mechanisms of nature.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Penn State researchers unveil the tale of Wolbachia and its viral accomplice manipulating insect reproduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brutal twist in the insect world: Researchers discovered a virus that causes sterility in male insects by commandeering their sperm. A striking testament to the intricate and often harsh mechanisms of nature. Penn State researchers unveil the tale of Wolbachia and its viral accomplice manipulating insect reproduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}