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Sexual functionality of Leptopilina clavipes (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) after reversing Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Jul 2005
Pannebakker B A, Schidlo N S, Boskamp G J F, Dekker L, van Dooren T J M, Beukeboom L W, Zwaan B J, Brakefield P M, van Alphen J J M
Abstract excerpt
Females infected with parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia bacteria can be cured from their infection by antibiotic treatment, resulting in male production. In most cases, however, these males are either sexually not fully functional, or infected females have lost the ability to reproduce sexually. We studied the decay of sexual function in males and females of the parasitoid Leptopilina clavipes. In western...
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