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Wolbachia diversity and cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns in Culex pipiens populations in Turkey.
Parasites & vectors - 20 Mar 2018
Altinli Mine, Gunay Filiz, Alten Bulent, Weill Mylene, Sicard Mathieu
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BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are maternally transmitted bacteria that can manipulate their hosts' reproduction causing cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI is a sperm-egg incompatibility resulting in embryonic death. Due to this sterilising effect on mosquitoes, Wolbachia are considered for vector control strategies. Important vectors for arboviruses, filarial nematodes and avian malaria, mosquitoes of Culex pipiens...
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