Wolbachia Symbiont Infections Induce Strong Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in the Tsetse Fly Glossina morsitans
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Wolbachia Symbiont Infections Induce Strong Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in the Tsetse Fly Glossina morsitans
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Pathogens
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002415