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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |