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Dynamics of the endosymbiont Rickettsia in an insect pest.
Microbial ecology - 1 Jul 2015
Cass Bodil N, Yallouz Rachel, Bondy Elizabeth C, Mozes-Daube Netta, Horowitz A Rami, Kelly Suzanne E, Zchori-Fein Einat, Hunter Martha S
Abstract excerpt
A new heritable bacterial association can bring a fresh set of molecular capabilities, providing an insect host with an almost instantaneous genome extension. Increasingly acknowledged as agents of rapid evolution, inherited microbes remain underappreciated players in pest management programs. A Rickettsia bacterium was tracked sweeping through populations of an invasive whitefly provisionally described as the...
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