Wolbachia infect ovaries in the course of their maturation: last minute passengers and priority travellers?

Wolbachia are widespread endosymbiotic bacteria of arthropods and nematodes. Studies on such models suggest that Wolbachia's remarkable aptitude to infect offspring may rely on a re-infection of ovaries from somatic tissues instead of direct cellular segregation between oogonia and oocytes. In...

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Main Authors: Lise-Marie Genty, Didier Bouchon, Maryline Raimond, Joanne Bertaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094577
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