Wolbachia Endobacteria in Natural Populations of Culex pipiens of Iran and its Phylogenetic Congruence

Background: Wolbachia are common intracellular bacteria that infect different groups of arthropods including mos­quitoes. These bacteria modify host biology and may induce feminization, parthenogenesis, male killing and cyto­plasmic incompatibility (CI). Recently Wolbachia is being nominated as a b...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Karami, Seyed Hassan Moosa-Kazemi, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Hasan Vatandoost, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Ramazan Rajabnia, Mostafa Hosseini, Naseh Maleki-Ravasan, Yousef Yahyapour, Elaheh Ferdosi-Shahandashti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
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Online Access:https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/305