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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Wolbachia in Drosophila and other native Hawaiian insects.
Fly - 1 Jan 2000
Bennett Gordon M, Pantoja Norma A, O'Grady Patrick M
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia is a genus of parasitic alphaproteobacteria found in arthropods and nematodes, and represents on of the most common, widespread endosymbionts known. Wolbachia affects a variety of reproductive functions in its host (e.g., male killing, cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis), which have the potential to dramatically impact host evolution and species formation. Here, we present the first...
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