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Wolbachia strain w Pip yields a pattern of cytoplasmic incompatibility enhancing a Wolbachia- based suppression strategy against the disease vector Aedes albopictus
12 Nov 2012
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is induced in nature by Wolbachia bacteria, resulting in conditional male sterility. Previous research demonstrated that the two Wolbachia strains (wAlbA and wAlbB) that naturally co-infect the disease vector mosquito Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) can be replaced with the wPip Wolbachia strain from Culex pipiens. Since Wolbachia-based vector control...
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