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Host genotype determines cytoplasmic incompatibility type in the haplodiploid genus Nasonia.
Genetics - 1 May 2003
Bordenstein Seth R, Uy Julieanne J, Werren John H
Abstract excerpt
In haplodiploid species, Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) can be expressed in one of two ways: as a "conversion" of diploid fertilized eggs into haploid males or as embryonic mortality. Here we describe CI-type variation within the parasitic wasp genus Nasonia and genetically analyze the basis of this variation. We reach four main conclusions: (i) CI is expressed primarily as conversion in N....
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