[Sexual reproduction of insects is regulated by cytoplasmic bacteria].
The effects have been considered that the intracellular symbiotic alpha-proteobacteria Wolbachia pipientis induces in its hosts, such as insects and other arthropods: cytoplasmic incompatibility upon mating, feminization, parthenogenesis, and androcide. Specific features of the bacterium genome and possible mechanisms of its action on hosts are discussed.
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D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000382:microbiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D007313:Insecta / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences / Q000235:genetics; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*