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Many compatible Wolbachia strains coexist within natural populations of Culex pipiens mosquito.
Heredity - 1 Jun 2011
Duron O, Raymond M, Weill M
Abstract excerpt
Maternally inherited Wolbachia often manipulate the reproduction of arthropods to promote their transmission. In most species, Wolbachia exert a form of conditional sterility termed cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), characterized by the death of embryos produced by the mating between individuals with incompatible Wolbachia infections. From a theoretical perspective, no stable coexistence of incompatible Wolbachia...
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