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Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility is associated with decreased Hira expression in male Drosophila.
PloS one - 29 Apr 2011
Zheng Ya, Ren Pan-Pan, Wang Jia-Lin, Wang Yu-Feng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are obligate endosymbiotic bacteria that infect numerous species of arthropods and nematodes. Wolbachia can induce several reproductive phenotypes in their insect hosts including feminization, male-killing, parthenogenesis and cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI is the most common phenotype and occurs when Wolbachia-infected males mate with uninfected females resulting in no or very low...
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