Cytoplasmic incompatability in Drosophila melanogaster due to different Wolbachia genotypes
Yury Y Ilinsky , Ilya K Zakharov
Ecological Genetics ›› 2009, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2) : 11 -18.
Cytoplasmic incompatability in Drosophila melanogaster due to different Wolbachia genotypes
Wolbachia is an endosymbiont prevalent among different arthropoda and in some Nematoda species. The bacteria ads across the populations of host species via induction of reproductive abnormalities: cytoplasmic incompatability, parthenogenesis, feminization, and male killing. we estimated the level of cytoplasmic incompatability in Drosophila melanogaster caused by three most prevalent Wolbachia genotypes, namely wmel, wmelCS и wmelCS2. wmel and wmelCS genotypes were shown to cause mild cytoplasmic incompatibility (< 10 %), while wmelCS Wolbachia were unable to do so. Possible mechanisms of sustainability of Wolbachia in the populations of Drosophila melanogaster are discussed.<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"><tbody></tbody></table>
Ilinsky Y.Y., Zakharov I.K.
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