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Wolbachia association with the tsetse fly, Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, reveals high levels of genetic diversity and complex evolutionary dynamics.
BMC evolutionary biology - 5 Feb 2013
Symula Rebecca E, Alam Uzma, Brelsfoard Corey, Wu Yineng, Echodu Richard, Okedi Loyce M, Aksoy Serap, Caccone Adalgisa
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BACKGROUND: Wolbachia pipientis, a diverse group of α-proteobacteria, can alter arthropod host reproduction and confer a reproductive advantage to Wolbachia-infected females (cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI)). This advantage can alter host population genetics because Wolbachia-infected females pr...
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