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Genetic diversity and Wolbachia infection of the Drosophila parasitoid Leptopilina clavipes in western Europe.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2004
Pannebakker Bart A, Zwaan Bas J, Beukeboom Leo W, Van Alphen Jacques J M
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Wolbachia are maternally transmitted bacteria that alter their arthropod hosts' reproduction in various ways, including parthenogenesis induction (PI). Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis can have drastic effects on the genetic structure of its host because it potentially reduces populations to clones without genetic exchange. However, Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis does not inevitably result in a reduction of...
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