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A niche for Wolbachia.
Trends in parasitology - 1 Jan 2007
Pfarr Kenneth M, Hoerauf Achim
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia are endosymbionts of arthropods and filarial nematodes. Arthropods infected with these endobacteria display altered reproductive phenotypes, including cytoplasmic incompatibility and sex-ratio distortion. In nematodes, the endobacteria are essential for embryogenesis and worm survival. Wolbachia are transmitted vertically from mother to progeny, and Frydman et al. recently showed that, after transfer to...
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