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A single mutation weakens symbiont-induced reproductive manipulation through reductions in deubiquitylation efficiency.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Sept 2021
Beckmann John F, Van Vaerenberghe Kelley, Akwa Daniel E, Cooper Brandon S
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Animals interact with microbes that affect their performance and fitness, including endosymbionts that reside inside their cells. Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria are the most common known endosymbionts, in large part because of their manipulation of host reproduction. For example, many Wolbachia cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) that reduces host embryonic viability when Wolbachia-modified sperm...
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