Life and Death of an Influential Passenger: Wolbachia and the Evolution of CI-Modifiers by Their Hosts

BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria widely distributed among arthropods and nematodes. In many insect species these bacteria induce a cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) between sperm of infected males and eggs of uninfected females. From an evolutionary point of view, CI is puzzling: In o...

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Autores principales: Koehncke, Arnulf, Telschow, Arndt, Werren, John H., Hammerstein, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2635967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19209229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004425

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2635967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19209229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004425

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