Male-killing-associated bacteriophage WO identified from comparisons of Wolbachia endosymbionts of Homona magnanima
H. Arai, H. Anbutsu, Y. Nishikawa, M. Kogawa, K. Ishii, M. Hosokawa, S.-R. Lin, M. Ueda, M. Nakai, Y. Kunimi, T. Harumoto, D. Kageyama, H. Takeyama, M. N. INOUE
The paper identifies a male-killing-associated bacteriophage WO in Wolbachia strains of Homona magnanima and proposes a mechanism for male-killing evolution.
bioRxiv · Jun 12, 2022Evolutionary Biology