A brief survey of symbiotic Wolbachia in Drosophila
10.3969/j.issn.1005-4847.2018.02.020
- VernacularTitle:果蝇细胞内共生菌Wolbachia研究进展
- Author:
Guang ZHANG
1
;
Yu CHEN
;
Beilei WANG
Author Information
1. 省部共建云南生物资源保护与利用国家重点实验室
- Keywords:
Wolbachia;
endosymbiont;
reproductive manipulation;
Drosophila
- From:
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica
2018;26(2):253-258
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The symbiotic bacterial species Wolbachia pipientis is a maternally inherited, intracellular parasitic microbe common to arthropod species(including most insects)and some nematodes. This bacteria manipulates the reproduction of its hosts by different mechanisms, including cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis inducing, male-killing,feminization and increase female fecundity. In this paper, previous studies on the interactions between Wolbachia and Drosophila is briefly surveyed and discussed.
