Rapid host switching of Wolbachia and even more rapid turnover of their phages and incompatibility-causing loci
D. Shropshire, W. R. Conner, D. Vanderpool, A. A. Hoffmann, M. Turelli, B. S. Cooper
The paper quantifies the rapid host switching and molecular evolution of Wolbachia and their associated phages and incompatibility genes across insect species.
bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology