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Exploring the effect of the Cardinium endosymbiont on spiders.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Aug 2012
Stefanini A, Duron O
Abstract excerpt
Spiders have recently emerged as important diversity hot spots for endosymbiotic bacteria, but the consequences of these symbiotic interactions are largely unknown. In this article, we examined the evolutionary history and effect of the intracellular bacterium Cardinium hertigii in the marbled cellar spider Holocnemus pluchei. We showed that Cardinium infection is primarily transmitted in spider populations...
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