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One Species' Genome Discovered Inside Another's part of SERC Web Resource Collection
According to this online article, scientists have discovered a copy of the genome of the bacterial parasite Wolbachia residing inside the genome of its host species. It explains that lateral gene ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Microbiology, Evolution, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology
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Parasite Invades Its Host's DNA part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Number 73 out of the top 100 science stories of 2007, this article highlights the ability of Wolbachia bacteria to transfer nearly their entire genome into the cells of a multicellular host. The ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution, Microbiology, Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
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Horizontal Gene Transfer part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Citizendium article offers a comprehensive review of horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Topics include main features of HGT in nature, HGT in prokaryotes, HGT in eukaryotes, history and discovery ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution, Microbiology, Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
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Symbiotic enemies fight over insect part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This online news article reports that bacteriophage affects the control Wolbachia has over host reproduction, particularly the processes of cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in which infected males ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution, Microbiology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
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Wolbachia, widowmaker part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Nature news article explores the range of anti-male activity mediated by Wolbachia. Inherited and widespread among insects and other arthropods, Wolbachia infections impact both the sex-lives ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Diversity, Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
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But Madame Butterfly, Where Are All the Males? part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Scientific American article reports that a population of Samoan blue moon butterflies has been able to develop resistance to the male-killing bacteria Wolbachia. It explores how an introduced ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution:Processes, Patterns, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Evolution
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Wolbachia: A Tale of Sex and Survival part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Science news article reports how the ubiquitous bacterium Wolbachia--perhaps the most common infectious bacterium on Earth--boosts its own reproductive success by manipulating the sex lives of ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Patterns, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Diversity, Ecology:Principles
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Wolbachia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Wikipedia article features a brief overview of Wolbachia, including its history, role in sexual differentiation of hosts, horizontal gene transfer and applications to human health. A scientific ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Molecular Biology, Biology, Microbiology, Evolution, Diversity, Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations
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ATTACK OF THE SUPERBUGS: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page contains an article from The Science Creative Quarterly on acquired antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Topics covered include the discovery of antibiotics, the history and scope of ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population, Human Population:Epidemics, Pandemics, Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Evolution, Ecology, Evolution:Processes
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The Origin of Life part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page presents an overview of current theories, data, and debates regarding the origins of life on Earth. Topics covered include the nature of prebiotic Earth and the environment where life ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Evolution, Ecology, Astrobiology, Ecology:Metabolism
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