Intragenomic conflict in populations infected by Parthenogenesis Inducing <it>Wolbachia </it>ends with irreversible loss of sexual reproduction
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The maternally inherited, bacterial symbiont, parthenogenesis inducing (PI) <it>Wolbachia</it>, causes females in some haplodiploid insects to produce daughters from both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. The symbionts, w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/229 |