Putting theory into practice: Predicting the invasion and stability of Wolbachia using simulation models and empirical studies
A new strategy to fight mosquito-borne disease is based on infections of the maternally-transmitted, intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis. Estimates predict that Wolbachia infects nearly half of all insect species, as well as other arthropods and some nematodes. Wolbachia manipulates the repr...
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UKnowledge
2013
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_etds/2 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=entomology_etds |