
Keywords: Scaptodrosophila
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Characterization of the first Wolbachia from the genus Scaptodrosophila, a male-killer from the rainforest species S. claytoniK. M. Richardson, M. Schiffer, P. A. Ross, J. A. Thia and A. A. Hoffmann, Insect Science, 2022.![]() Abstract The Scaptodrosophila genus represents a large group of drosophilids with a worldwide distribution and a predominance of species in Australia, but there is little information on the presence and impacts of Wolbachia endosymbionts in this group. Here we describe the first ... Keywords: gene drive natural, male-killer, Scaptodrosophila, sex-ratio distorter, wolbachia |

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