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On the genetic architecture of cytoplasmic incompatibility: inference from phenotypic data.
The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2013
Nor Igor, Engelstädter Jan, Duron Olivier, Reuter Max, Sagot Marie-France, Charlat Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
Numerous insects carry intracellular bacteria that manipulate the insects' reproduction and thus facilitate their own spread. Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a common form of such manipulation, where a (currently uncharacterized) bacterial modification of male sperm induces the early death of embryos unless the fertilized eggs carry the same bacteria, inherited from the mother. The death of uninfected embryos...
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