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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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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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| 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 |