Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma

Summary: Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a form of reproductive manipulation caused by maternally inherited endosymbionts infecting arthropods, like Wolbachia, whereby matings between infected males and uninfected females produce few or no offspring. We report the discovery of a new CI symbiont,...

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Main Authors: Marie Pollmann, Logan D. Moore, Elena Krimmer, Paul D'Alvise, Martin Hasselmann, Steve J. Perlman, Matthew J. Ballinger, Johannes L.M. Steidle, Yuval Gottlieb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422200606X