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    Paternal Grandmother Age Affects the Strength of <em>Wolbachia</em>-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Drosophila melanogaster</span>
    Research Article | Host-Microbe Biology
    Paternal Grandmother Age Affects the Strength of Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster

    Unidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) results in a postfertilization incompatibility between Wolbachia-infected males and uninfected females. CI contributes to reproductive isolation between closely related species and is used in worldwide vector control programs to drastically lower arboviral vector population sizes or to replace populations that transmit arboviruses with those resistant to transmission. Despite...

    Emily M. Layton, Jungmin On, Jessamyn I. Perlmutter, Seth R. Bordenstein, J. Dylan Shropshire
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