Browsing Genetics by Subject "Endosymbionts"

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Evidence for horizontal transmission of secondary Endosymbionts in the Bemisia tabaci cryptic species complex

Ahmed, Muhammad Zaheerudin; De Barro, P.J. (Paul Joseph), 1963-; Ren, Shun-Xiang; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Qiu, Bao-Li (Public Library of Science, 2013-01-07)

Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a globally distributed pest composed of at least 34 morphologically indistinguishable cryptic species. At least seven species of endosymbiont have been found infecting some or ...
The intracellular bacterium Wolbachia uses parasitoid wasps as phoretic vectors for efficient horizontal transmission

Ahmed, Muhammad Zaheerudin; Li, Shao-Jian; Xue, Xia; Yin, Xiang-Jie; Ren, Shun-Xiang; Jiggins, Francis M.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Qiu, Bao-Li (Public Library of Science, 2015-02)

Facultative bacterial endosymbionts are associated with many arthropods and are primarily transmitted vertically from mother to offspring. However, phylogenetic affiliations suggest that horizontal transmission must also ...

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