Behavior of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Drosophila simulans in Drosophila serrata, a novel host

Many species harbor the incompatibility-inducing microbe Wolbachia, a maternally inherited endoparasite that causes reduced egg hatch in crosses between infected males and uninfected females. Infected females are immune to this effect, which gives them a relative fitness advantage that results in th...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American naturalist 1997-05, Vol.149 (5), p.975-988
Hauptverfasser: Clancy, D J, Hoffmann, A A
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