Perplexing dynamics of Wolbachia proteins for cytoplasmic incompatibility [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2022 The mechanism of symbiont-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) has been a long-standing mystery. A new study on Wolbachia’s Cif proteins in PLOS Biology provides supportive evidence for the “Host modification model,” although the alternative “Toxin ...
Toshiyuki Harumoto, Takema Fukatsu
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Cytoplasmic–Nuclear Incompatibility Between Wild Isolates of Caenorhabditis nouraguensis [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2017 How species arise is a fundamental question in biology. Species can be defined as populations of interbreeding individuals that are reproductively isolated from other such populations.
Piero Lamelza, Michael Ailion
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A Role for Maternal Factors in Suppressing Cytoplasmic Incompatibility [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Wolbachia are maternally transmitted bacterial endosymbionts, carried by approximately half of all insect species. Wolbachia prevalence in nature stems from manipulation of host reproduction to favor the success of infected females.
AJM Zehadee Momtaz +15 more
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Algorithms for the quantitative Lock/Key model of cytoplasmic incompatibility [PDF]
Algorithms for Molecular Biology, 2020 Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) relates to the manipulation by the parasite Wolbachia of its host reproduction. Despite its widespread occurrence, the molecular basis of CI remains unclear and theoretical models have been proposed to understand the ...
Tiziana Calamoneri +4 more
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Male-dependent resistance to Spiroplasma-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceCytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) caused by bacterial endosymbionts is an embryonic developmental failure between infected host males and uninfected females.
Marie Pollmann +9 more
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Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma [PDF]
iScience, 2022 Summary: Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a form of reproductive manipulation caused by maternally inherited endosymbionts infecting arthropods, like Wolbachia, whereby matings between infected males and uninfected females produce few or no offspring.
Marie Pollmann +8 more
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Counting cytoplasmic incompatibility factor mRNA using digital droplet PCR [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumWolbachia bacteria inhabit over half of all insect species and often spread through host populations via efficient maternal transmission and cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), killing aposymbiotic embryos when fertilized by symbiotic males.
Lore Van Vlaenderen +2 more
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Wolbachia-induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility drives epigenetic and maternally-influenced post-embryonic defects. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensA common form of Wolbachia-induced manipulation of host reproduction is Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI). In CI, Wolbachia modification of sperm results in pronounced defects in paternal chromosome condensation, replication, and segregation during the ...
Claire Perez +3 more
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Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility triggers intergenerational dysregulation of the small RNA regulatory network in offspring [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe intracellular symbiont Wolbachia, which is widespread among insects, may induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) between hosts with different infection statuses.
Weihao Dou, Tianchu Li
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Life and Death of Selfish Genes: Comparative Genomics Reveals the Dynamic Evolution of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility [PDF]
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2021 Cytoplasmic incompatibility is a selfish reproductive manipulation induced by the endosymbiont Wolbachia in arthropods. In males Wolbachia modifies sperm, leading to embryonic mortality in crosses with Wolbachia-free females.
Francis Michael Jiggins +2 more
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