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Male development time influences the strength of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility expression in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Oct 2007
Yamada Ryuichi, Floate Kevin D, Riegler Markus, O'Neill Scott L
Abstract excerpt
Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is the most widespread reproductive modification induced in insects by the maternally inherited intracellular bacteria, Wolbachia. Expression of CI in Drosophila melanogaster is quite variable. Published papers typically show that CI expression is weak and often varies between different Drosophila lines and different labs reporting the results. The basis for this variability is...
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