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Life and death of an influential passenger: Wolbachia and the evolution of CI-modifiers by their hosts.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2009

Koehncke Arnulf, Telschow Arndt, Werren John H, Hammerstein Peter

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BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria widely distributed among arthropods and nematodes. In many insect species these bacteria induce a cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) between sperm of infected males and eggs of uninfected females. From an evolutionary point of view, CI is puzzling: In order to induce this modification-rescue system, Wolbachia affect sperm of infected males even though Wolbachia are...

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PMID: 19209229
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004425
PMCID: PMC2635967

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