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How do hosts react to endosymbionts? A new insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying the Wolbachia-host association.
Insect molecular biology - 1 Feb 2015
Zhang Y-K, Ding X-L, Rong X, Hong X-Y
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Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that has aroused intense interest because of its ability to alter the biology of its host in diverse ways. In the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, Wolbachia can induce complex cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) phenotypes and fitness changes, although little is known about the mechanisms. In the present study, we selected a strain of T. urticae, in which...
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