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Wolbachia infection reduces sperm competitive ability in an insect

The maternally inherited bacterium Wolbachia pipientis imposes significant fitness costs on its hosts. One such cost is decreased sperm production resulting in reduced fertility of male Drosophila simulans infected with cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) inducing Wolbachia. We tested the hypothesis th...

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Hauptverfasser: Champion de Crespigny, Fleur E, Wedell, Nina
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Royal Society 2006
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560322/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16777737
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3478
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