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The Hematopoietic Organ: A Cornerstone for Wolbachia Propagation Between and Within Hosts
18 Dec 2015
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia is an intracellular α-proteobacterium which is transmitted vertically from mother to offspring but also frequently switches horizontally from one host to another. Our hypothesis is based on the role of immune cells and the organs that produce them, the hematopoietic organs (HOs), as primordial niches for the propagation of Wolbachia via hemocytes both (i) within hosts: to initiate and maintain the...
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