Cytoplasmic incompatibility. Giant steps sideways.
The horizontal transfer of a bacterial endosymbiont that is intimately associated with reproductive isolation in insects is now feasible and may, in principle, lead to new strategies for biological pest control.
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D012098:Reproduction; D012287:Rickettsiaceae / Q000502:physiology*; D013559:Symbiosis