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Multiple endosymbiont infections and reproductive manipulations in a linyphiid spider population.
Heredity - 1 Aug 2015
Curry M M, Paliulis L V, Welch K D, Harwood J D, White J A
Abstract excerpt
In many arthropods, maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria can increase infection frequency by manipulating host reproduction. Multiple infections of different bacteria in a single host population are common, yet few studies have documented concurrent endosymbiont phenotypes or explored their potential interactions. We hypothesized that spiders might be a particularly useful taxon for investigating...
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