Positive fitness effects help explain the broad range of Wolbachia prevalences in natural populations
The bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia is best known for its ability to modify its host’s reproduction by inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) to facilitate its own spread. Classical models predict either near-fixation of costly Wolbachia once the symbiont has overcome a threshold frequency (inva...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2022-11-01
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Series: | Peer Community Journal |
Online Access: | https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.202/ |