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Evolutionary dynamics of wAu-like Wolbachia variants in neotropical Drosophila spp.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2006
Miller Wolfgang J, Riegler Markus
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia bacteria are common intracellular symbionts of arthropods and have been extensively studied in Drosophila. Most research focuses on two Old Word hosts, Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans, and does not take into account that some of the Wolbachia associations in these species may have evolved only after their fast global expansion and after the exposure to Wolbachia of previously isolated...
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