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Factors affecting population dynamics of maternally transmitted endosymbionts in Bemisia tabaci.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pan Huipeng, Li Xianchun, Ge Daqing, Wang Shaoli, Wu Qingjun, Xie Wen, Jiao Xiaoguo, Chu Dong, Liu Baiming, Xu Baoyun, Zhang Youjun
Abstract excerpt
While every individual of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) harbors the primary symbiont (P-symbiont) Portiera, the infection frequencies of the six secondary symbionts (S-symbionts) including Hamiltonella, Arsenophonus, Cardinium, Wolbachia, Rickettsia and Fritschea vary greatly among different populations. To characterize the factors influencing the infection dynamics of the six S-symbionts in B. tabaci,...
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