FRAGMENT FROM NATURE considers the phenomenon of host suicide, the sacrifice of individuals for the betterment of the population. This is not rare in biology and has been quite well studied. The function of host suicide is to thwart the reproductive strategy of the parasite. And curiously, some viral parasites have evolved cunning strategies of preventing host cell death.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022