
Keywords: Rickettsiella
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A rapidly spreading deleterious aphid endosymbiont that uses horizontal as well as vertical transmissionX. Gu, P. A. Ross, A. Gill, Q. Yang, E. Ansermin, S. Sharma, S. Soleimannejad, K. Sharma, A. Callahan, C. Brown, P. A. Umina, T. N. Kristensen and A. A. Hoffmann, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120:e2217278120. 2023.![]() Endosymbiotic bacteria that live inside the cells of insects are typically only transmitted maternally and can spread by increasing host fitness and/or modifying reproduction in sexual hosts. Transinfections of Wolbachia endosymbionts are now being used to introduce useful ... Keywords: aphids, biological control, genetic biocontrol, Rickettsiella, symbionts |
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A rapidly spreading deleterious aphid endosymbiont that uses horizontal as well as vertical transmissionX. Gu, P. A. Ross, A. Gill, Q. Yang, E. Ansermin, S. Sharma, S. Soleimannejad, K. Sharma, A. Callahan, C. Brown, P. A. Umina, T. N. Kristensen and A. A. Hoffmann, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120:e2217278120. 2023.![]() Endosymbiotic bacteria that live inside the cells of insects are typically only transmitted maternally and can spread by increasing host fitness and/or modifying reproduction in sexual hosts. Transinfections of Wolbachia endosymbionts are now being used to introduce useful ... Keywords: aphids, biological control, genetic biocontrol, Rickettsiella, symbionts |

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