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Wolbachia variability and host effects on crossing type in Culex mosquitoes

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  • Steven P. Sinkins

    (University of Oxford
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

  • Thomas Walker

    (University of Oxford
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

  • Amy R. Lynd

    (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

  • Andrew R. Steven

    (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

  • Ben L. Makepeace

    (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)

  • H. Charles J. Godfray

    (Imperial College London)

  • Julian Parkhill

    (Wellcome Trust Genome Campus)

Abstract

The subversive symbiont Wolbachia is an extraordinary bacterium, widely studied because of its unique biology. It forms symbiotic intracellular inherited infections in many insects and other invertebrates, and by blocking egg fertilization by host sperm yet ‘rescuing’ infected eggs to develop normally it gives a reproductive advantage to infected females. Wolbachia can rapidly invade an uninfected population, so can potentially introduce deleterious genes into insects as means of disease control. A new aspect of these effects on host phenotype is reported this week, providing an insight into the genetic mechanism by which Wolbachia causes incompatibility between crossing types in the Culex mosquitoes, including the filariasis vector.

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  • Steven P. Sinkins & Thomas Walker & Amy R. Lynd & Andrew R. Steven & Ben L. Makepeace & H. Charles J. Godfray & Julian Parkhill, 2005. "Wolbachia variability and host effects on crossing type in Culex mosquitoes," Nature, Nature, vol. 436(7048), pages 257-260, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:436:y:2005:i:7048:d:10.1038_nature03629
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03629
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