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Galbut Virus Infection Minimally Influences Drosophila melanogaster Fitness Traits in a Strain and Sex-Dependent Manner.
Viruses - 15 Feb 2023
Cross Shaun T, Brehm Ali L, Dunham Tillie J, Rodgers Case P, Keene Alexandra H, Borlee Grace I, Stenglein Mark D
Abstract excerpt
Galbut virus (family Partitiviridae) infects Drosophila melanogaster and can be transmitted vertically from infected mothers or infected fathers with near perfect efficiency. This form of super-Mendelian inheritance should drive infection to 100% prevalence, and indeed, galbut virus is ubiquitous in wild D. melanogaster populations. However, on average, only about 60% of individual flies are infected. One...
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