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Mitochondrial DNA variants help monitor the dynamics of Wolbachia invasion into host populations.
Heredity - 1 Mar 2016
Yeap H L, Rašić G, Endersby-Harshman N M, Lee S F, Arguni E, Le Nguyen H, Hoffmann A A
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia is the most widespread endosymbiotic bacterium of insects and other arthropods that can rapidly invade host populations. Deliberate releases of Wolbachia into natural populations of the dengue fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, are used as a novel biocontrol strategy for dengue suppression. Invasion of Wolbachia through the host population relies on factors such as high fidelity of the endosymbiont...
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