Reproductive compensation favours male-killing Wolbachia in a live-bearing host

Wolbachia are maternally inherited, cellular endosymbionts that can enhance their fitness by biasing host sex ratio in favour of females. Male killing (MK) is an extreme form of sex-ratio manipulation that is selectively advantageous if the self-sacrifice of Wolbachia in males increases transmission...

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Main Authors: Koop, Julie L., Zeh, David W., Bonilla, Melvin M., Zeh, Jeanne A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825788/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19710065
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1230
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