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A male-killing Wolbachia carries a feminizing factor and is associated with degradation of the sex-determining system of its host

Endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus Wolbachia induce diverse reproductive alterations in their insect hosts. Wolbachia (wSca) infecting the moth Ostrinia scapulalis causes unusual male killing, in which males (genotype: ZZ) selectively die during embryonic and larval development, whereas females (ge...

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Autores principales: Sugimoto, Takafumi N., Ishikawa, Yukio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22219393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.1114