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Host nuclear genotype influences phenotype of a conditional mutualist symbiont.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Jan 2017
Hunter M S, Asiimwe P, Himler A G, Kelly S E
Abstract excerpt
Arthropods commonly carry maternally inherited intracellular bacterial symbionts that may profoundly influence host biology and evolution. The intracellular symbiont Rickettsia sp. nr. bellii swept rapidly into populations of the sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci in the south-western USA. Previous laboratory experiments showed female-bias and fitness benefits were associated with Rickettsia infection,...
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