Wolbachia-induced reproductive isolation

doi:10.1186/gb-2001-2-4-reports0011

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Wolbachia-induced reproductive isolation

Infection with the bacterium Wolbachia is sufficient to establish a reproductive barrier between two otherwise compatible species of wasp, making Wolbachia a potential driving force in evolution.

Wolbachia-induced incompatibility precedes other hybrid incompatibilities in Nasonia

SR Bordenstein, FP O'Hara and JH Werren

Nature 2001, 409: 707-710

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Subject areas: Evolution, Microbiology and parasitology, Physiology

Reported by: Rachel Allen

Abstract

Infection with the bacterium Wolbachia is sufficient to establish a reproductive barrier between two otherwise compatible species of wasp, making Wolbachia a potential driving force in evolution.