Wolbachia-induced meiotic drive and feminization is associated with an independent occurrence of selective mitochondrial sweep in a butterfly
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0153
Abstract: Maternally inherited Wolbachia endosymbionts manipulate arthropod reproduction in various ways. In the butterfly Eurema mandarina, a cytoplasmic incompatibility-inducing Wolbachia strain wCI and the associated mtDNA haplotypes are known to originate from the sister species Eurema… read more here.
Keywords: wolbachia; drive feminization; meiotic drive; sweep ... See more keywords