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Population structure of Wolbachia and cytoplasmic introgression in a complex of mosquito species.
BMC evolutionary biology - 3 Sept 2013
Dumas Emilie, Atyame Célestine M, Milesi Pascal, Fonseca Dina M, Shaikevich Elena V, Unal Sandra, Makoundou Patrick, Weill Mylène, Duron Olivier
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The maternally inherited bacterium Wolbachia often acts as a subtle parasite that manipulates insect reproduction, resulting potentially in reproductive isolation between host populations. Whilst distinct Wolbachia strains are documented in a group of evolutionarily closely related mosquitoes known as the Culex pipiens complex, their impact on mosquito population genetics remains unclear. To this aim,...
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