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Diversity and distribution of Wolbachia in relation to geography, host plant affiliation and life cycle of a heterogonic gall wasp.
BMC evolutionary biology - 27 Mar 2018
Schuler Hannes, Egan Scott P, Hood Glen R, Busbee Robert W, Driscoe Amanda L, Ott James R
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BACKGROUND: The maternally inherited endosymbiont Wolbachia is widespread in arthropods and nematodes and can play an important role in the ecology and evolution of its host through reproductive manipulation. Here, we survey Wolbachia in Belonocnema treatae, a widely distributed North American cynipid gall forming wasp that exhibits regional host specialization on three species of oaks and alternation of sexually...
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