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Widespread infection and diverse infection patterns of Wolbachia in Chinese aphids.
Insect science - 1 Jun 2014
Wang Zhe, Su Xiao-Min, Wen Juan, Jiang Li-Yun, Qiao Ge-Xia
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia are intracellular symbionts that infect a wide range of arthropods and filarial nematodes. Aphids are engaged in diverse and complex relationships with their endosymbionts. Four supergroups (A, B, M and N) of Wolbachia were previously detected in aphids and supergroups M and N were only found in aphids. In this study, we detected and described Wolbachia infections in natural populations of aphids in...
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