An elusive endosymbiont: Does Wolbachia occur naturally in Aedes aegypti?

Abstract Wolbachia are maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria found within many insect species. Aedes mosquitoes experimentally infected with Wolbachia are being released into the field for Aedes‐borne disease control. These Wolbachia infections induce cytoplasmic incompatibility which is used...

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Main Authors: Perran A. Ross, Ashley G. Callahan, Qiong Yang, Moshe Jasper, Mohd A. K. Arif, Ahmad Noor Afizah, Wasi A. Nazni, Ary A. Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6012