A bioinformatics approach to identifying Wolbachia infections in arthropods

Wolbachia is the most widespread endosymbiont, infecting >20% of arthropod species, and capable of drastically manipulating the host’s reproductive mechanisms. Conventionally, diagnosis has relied on PCR amplification; however, PCR is not always a reliable diagnostic technique due to primer speci...

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Main Authors: Jane Pascar, Christopher H. Chandler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5486.pdf