Symbiont-mediated cytoplasmic incompatibility: What have we learned in 50 years?
Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is the most common symbiont-induced reproductive manipulation. Specifically, symbiont-induced sperm modifications cause catastrophic mitotic defects in the fertilized embryo and ensuing lethality in crosses between symbiotic males and either aposymbiotic females or f...
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Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2020-09-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/61989 |