Wolbachia variability and host effects on crossing type in Culex mosquitoes.
Wolbachia is a common maternally inherited bacterial symbiont able to induce crossing sterilities known as cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in insects. Wolbachia-modified sperm are unable to complete fertilization of uninfected ova, but a rescue function allows infected eggs to develop normally. By...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2005
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