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The evolution of cytoplasmic incompatibility types: integrating segregation, inbreeding and outbreeding.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Engelstädter Jan, Charlat Sylvain, Pomiankowski Andrew, Hurst Gregory D D
Abstract excerpt
Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a reproductive incompatibility induced by maternally transmitted bacteria of the genera Wolbachia and Cardinium. In the simplest form of CI, offspring from infected males and uninfected females suffer from increased mortality. However, it has been noted that crosses between males and females carrying different strains of infection are often also incompatible. The evolutionary...
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