Factors influencing the intriguing persistencce of a Wolbachia symbiont in spotted wing Drosophila

Wolbachia is a maternally inherited, endosymbiotic bacterium that infects at least 40% of terrestrial arthropods. As a facultative symbiont in the majority of its hosts, Wolbachia commonly act as a reproductive parasite; however, there are a number of Wolbachia strains that do not cause reproductive...

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Main Author: McPherson, Audrey E.
Other Authors: Perlman, Steven John
Format: Others
Language:English
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Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13005