Wolbachia associations with insects: winning or losing against a master manipulator

Wolbachia are intracellular, maternally inherited bacteria with an impressive history of adaptation to intracellular lifestyles. Instead of adapting to a single host lineage, Wolbachia evolved ways to jump across host species and establish relatively stable associations maintained through vertical t...

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Main Authors: Claudia Carolina Correa, J. William O Ballard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00153/full