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The parasitic bacterium Wolbachia and the origin of the eukaryotic cell part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This scientific abstract analyzes the relationships between eukaryotes and alphaproteobacteria, specifically Wolbachia pipientis, as a key in understanding the rise of mitochondria leading to the ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Principles, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Evolution
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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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The Tripartite Associations between Bacteriophage, Wolbachia, and Arthropods part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This research paper describes a set of quantitative approaches to characterizing phage densities and its associations with bacterial densities and cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) within Wolbachia. ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Molecular Methods, Microscopy, Biology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Evolution:Principles, Patterns
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Wolbachia and Wasp Evolution part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Science news brief summarizes the startling effect that Wolbachia have on the reproduction of their insect hosts. It offers an overview of cytoplasmic incompatibility and its role in ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution:Patterns, Principles, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Evolution
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Speciation and Wolbachia part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This scientific article offers a comprehensive overview of Wolbachia and its role in speciation. Sections include: What Wolbachia is; What Wolbachia Does to Its Host; Wolbachia ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution:Processes, Patterns, Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Principles
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Bacterium Can Alter Evolution Of Another Species part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This Daily University Science News article reviews scientific evidence that the parasitic bacterium Wolbachia can accelerate the natural evolution of wasps by altering the sperm of its male host, ...Subject: Biology: Biology, Evolution:Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism, Biology:Evolution:Patterns
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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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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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Biology of Wolbachia part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This overview paper discusses the biology of Wolbachia, including their phylogeny and distribution, mechanisms of action, population biology and evolution, and biological control implications. ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biology, Evolution, Diversity, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Principles
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BIOLOGY OF WOLBACHIA part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is an extensive review of Wolbachia biology published in 1997. Topics covered include history of discovery and study, phylogeny and distribution, Wolbachia-induced alterations in host ...Subject: Biology: Biology:Evolution:Patterns, Processes, Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Evolution, Molecular Biology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations:Parasitism, Biology:Ecology, Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism
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