Keywords: CI
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Hidden endosymbionts: A male-killer concealed by another endosymbiont and a nuclear suppressorK. M. Richardson, P. A. Ross, B. S. Cooper, W. R. Conner, T. Schmidt and A. A. Hoffmann, bioRxiv, 2022.10.19.512817. 2022.
Maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacteria that cause male killing (MK) have only been described from a few insects, but this may reflect challenges in their detection rather than a rarity of MK. Here we identify MK Wolbachia in populations of Drosophila pseudotakahashii, ... |
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cifB-transcript levels largely explain cytoplasmic incompatibility variation across divergent WolbachiaJ. D. Shropshire, E. Hamant, W. R. Conner and B. S. Cooper, PNAS Nexus, 2022.
Divergent hosts often associate with intracellular microbes that influence their fitness. Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria are the most common of these endosymbionts due largely to cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) that kills uninfected embryos fertilized by ... |
