High Incidence of Related <i>Wolbachia</i> across Unrelated Leaf-Mining Diptera

The maternally inherited endosymbiont, <i>Wolbachia pipientis,</i> plays an important role in the ecology and evolution of many of its hosts by affecting host reproduction and fitness. Here, we investigated 13 dipteran leaf-mining species to characterize <i>Wolbachia</i> infe...

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Main Authors: Xuefen Xu, Peter M. Ridland, Paul A. Umina, Alex Gill, Perran A. Ross, Elia Pirtle, Ary A. Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/9/788