Article
Geographic distribution and inheritance of three cytoplasmic incompatibility types in Drosophila simulans.
Genetics - 1 Oct 1991
Montchamp-Moreau C, Ferveur J F, Jacques M
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia-like microorganisms have been implicated in unidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility between strains of Drosophila simulans. Reduced egg eclosion occurs when females from uninfected strains (type W) are crossed with males from infected strains (type R). Here we characterize a third incompatibility type (type S) which is also correlated with the presence of Wolbachia-like microorganisms. Despite the...
Topics
- Animals
- Crosses, Genetic
- Cytoplasm
- Drosophila
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Reproduction
- Rickettsiaceae
- Symbiosis