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Spontaneous emergence of a new Wolbachia phenotype.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2007
Jaenike John
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia are among the most widespread symbionts on the earth. They spread within populations by various means of manipulating host reproduction, including cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), male-killing (MK), parthenogenesis, and feminization. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Wolbachia have the potential to undergo rapid evolutionary change in phenotype, for example, from CI to MK, although such analyses do...
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