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Invasion of Wolbachia into Anopheles and Other Insect Germlines in an Ex vivo Organ Culture System
30 Apr 2012
Abstract excerpt
The common bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia manipulates its host's reproduction to promote its own maternal transmission, and can interfere with pathogen development in many insects making it an attractive agent for the control of arthropod-borne disease. However, many important species, including Anopheles mosquitoes, are uninfected. Wolbachia can be artificially transferred between insects in the laboratory but...
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