Wolbachia-induced unidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility and speciation: mainland-island model.

Bacteria of the genus Wolbachia are among the most common endosymbionts in the world. In many insect species these bacteria induce a sperm-egg incompatibility between the gametes of infected males and uninfected females, commonly called unidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). It is generall...

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Main Authors: Arndt Telschow, Matthias Flor, Yutaka Kobayashi, Peter Hammerstein, John H Werren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1934337?pdf=render