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Wolbachia Infection in a Natural Parasitoid Wasp Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Duplouy Anne, Couchoux Christelle, Hanski Ilkka, van Nouhuys Saskya
Abstract excerpt
The maternally transmitted bacterium Wolbachia pipientis is well known for spreading and persisting in insect populations through manipulation of the fitness of its host. Here, we identify three new Wolbachia pipientis strains, wHho, wHho2 and wHho3, infecting Hyposoter horticola, a specialist wasp parasitoid of the Glanville fritillary butterfly. The wHho strain (ST435) infects about 50% of the individuals in...
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