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[The endosymbiont Wolbachia in Eurasian populations of Drosophila melanogaster].
Genetika - 1 Jul 2007
Ilinskiĭ Iu Iu, Zakharov I K
Abstract excerpt
The endosymbiotic [alpha]-proteobacteria Wolbachia is widely spread among arthropods and Filariidae nematodes. This bacterium is transmitted vertically via a transovarian route. Wolbachia is a cause of several reproductive abnormalities in the host species. We analyzed the isofemale lines created using flies collected from Drosophila melanogaster natural populations for infection with the endosymbiont Wolbachia....
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