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Evolutionary Genetics of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes cifA and cifB in Prophage WO of Wolbachia

The bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia manipulates arthropod reproduction to facilitate its maternal spread through host populations. The most common manipulation is cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI): Wolbachia-infected males produce modified sperm that cause embryonic mortality, unless rescued by embr...

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Autores principales: Lindsey, Amelia R I, Rice, Danny W, Bordenstein, Sarah R, Brooks, Andrew W, Bordenstein, Seth R, Newton, Irene L G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5793819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29351633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy012