Evolution of Wolbachia Mutualism and Reproductive Parasitism: Insight from Two Novel Strains that Co-infect Cat Fleas
Timothy Driscoll, Victoria I. Verhoeve, Cassia Brockway, Darin L. Shrewsberry, Mariah L. Plumer, Spiridon E. Sevdalis, John Frederick Beckmann, Laura Krueger, Kevin R. Macaluso, Abdu F. Azad, Joseph J. Gillespie
The paper reports the genomes of two novel Wolbachia strains co-infecting cat fleas, revealing lateral gene transfers and mechanisms for mutualism and reproductive parasitism.
PeerJ · Dec 17, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics