Genome Comparisons Indicate Recent Transfer Of wRi-Like Wolbachia Between Sister Species Drosophila suzukii And D. subpulchrella
W. R. Conner, M. L. Blaxter, G. Anfora, L. Ometto, O. Rota-Stabelli, M. Turelli
The paper compares genomes of Wolbachia strains in Drosophila species to determine the mode of acquisition, finding that recent horizontal transfer is more likely than cladogenic retention.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2017Evolutionary Biology