Loading...

Establishment of the cytoplasmic incompatibility-inducing Wolbachia strain wMel in an important agricultural pest insect

The wMel Wolbachia strain was known for cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI)-induction and blocking the transmission of dengue. However, it is unknown whether it can establish and induce CI in a non-dipteran host insect. Here we artificially transferred wMel from Drosophila melanogaster into the whitefl...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Zhou, Xiao-Fei, Li, Zheng-Xi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5159839/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27982076
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39200
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!