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Cytoplasmic incompatibility and sperm cyst infection in different Drosophila-Wolbachia associations.
Genetics - 1 Jun 2003
Veneti Zoe, Clark Michael E, Zabalou Sofia, Karr Timothy L, Savakis Charalambos, Bourtzis Kostas
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia are a group of maternally transmitted obligatory intracellular alpha-proteobacteria that infect a wide range of arthropod and nematode species. Wolbachia infection in Drosophila in most cases is associated with the induction of cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), manifested as embryonic lethality of offspring in a cross between infected males and uninfected females. While the molecular basis of CI is...
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