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Wolbachia diversity and cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns in Culex pipiens populations in Turkey

BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are maternally transmitted bacteria that can manipulate their hosts’ reproduction causing cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI is a sperm-egg incompatibility resulting in embryonic death. Due to this sterilising effect on mosquitoes, Wolbachia are considered for vector control...

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Autores principales: Altinli, Mine, Gunay, Filiz, Alten, Bulent, Weill, Mylene, Sicard, Mathieu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29558974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2777-9