Open AccessCytoplasmic incompatability in Drosophila melanogaster due to different Wolbachia genotypes
Author(s) -
Yury Ilinsky,
И. К. Захаров
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
èkologičeskaâ genetika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2411-9202
pISSN - 1811-0932
DOI - 10.17816/ecogen7211-18
Subject(s) - wolbachia , cytoplasmic incompatibility , biology , drosophila melanogaster , parthenogenesis , melanogaster , feminization (sociology) , genetics , genotype , host (biology) , cytoplasm , drosophila (subgenus) , gene , embryo , social science , sociology
Wolbachia is an endosymbiont prevalent among different arthropoda and in some Nematoda species. The bacteria ads across the populations of host species via induction of reproductive abnormalities: cytoplasmic incompatability, parthenogenesis, feminization, and male killing. we estimated the level of cytoplasmic incompatability in Drosophila melanogaster caused by three most prevalent Wolbachia genotypes, namely wmel, wmelCS и wmelCS2. wmel and wmelCS genotypes were shown to cause mild cytoplasmic incompatibility (