Evolutionary BiologyPLoS BiologyPeer-reviewed
Intra-lineage microevolution of Wolbachia leads to the emergence of new cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns
Alice Namias, Annais Ngaku, Patrick Makoundou…·Mylène Weill
The paper tracks microevolution of Wolbachia in Culex pipiens over 17 years, showing new cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns arise from gene copy loss and recombination, not point mutations.
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