The phage gene wmk is a candidate for male killing by a bacterial endosymbiont.
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SUBMITTER: Perlmutter JI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6736233 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
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The phage gene wmk is a candidate for male killing by a bacterial endosymbiont.
Perlmutter Jessamyn I JI Bordenstein Sarah R SR Unckless Robert L RL LePage Daniel P DP Metcalf Jason A JA Hill Tom T Martinez Julien J Jiggins Francis M FM Bordenstein Seth R SR
PLoS pathogens 20190910 9
Wolbachia are the most widespread maternally-transmitted bacteria in the animal kingdom. Their global spread in arthropods and varied impacts on animal physiology, evolution, and vector control are in part due to parasitic drive systems that enhance the fitness of infected females, the transmitting sex of Wolbachia. Male killing is one common drive mechanism wherein the sons of infected females are selectively killed. Despite decades of research, the gene(s) underlying Wolbachia-induced male kil ...[more]
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