Schmidt, Gerrit


Publications
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Wolbachia causes cytoplasmic incompatibility but not male‐killing in a grain pest beetle

Citation
Kiefer et al. (2022). Molecular Ecology 31 (24)
Names
Shikimatogenerans silvanidophilus Ts
Abstract
AbstractThe endosymbiotic Wolbachia is one of the most common intracellular bacteria known in arthropods and nematodes. Its ability for reproductive manipulation can cause unequal inheritance to male and female offspring, allowing the manipulator to spread, but potentially also impact the evolutionary dynamics of infected hosts. Estimated to be present in up to 66% of insect species, little is known about the phenotypic impact of Wolbachia within the order Coleoptera. Here, we describe the repro