Wolbachia
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- 作者：Gilsang Jeong ; Taehwa Kang ; Haechul Park ; Jiyoung Choi ; Seokjo Hwang ; Wontae Kim ; Youngcheol Choi ; Kyeongyong Lee ; Ingyun Park ; Hasik Sim ; Jonggill Kim
- 关键词：Infection polymorphism ; Luciola unmunsana ; Male biased sex ratio ; Wolbachia ; Phylogenetic analysis
- 刊名：Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：March 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：12
- 期：1
- 页码：33-36
- 全文大小：475 K
文摘
Wolbachia is one of the most prevalent endosymbiontic bacteria of arthropods. The bacterium induces sex ratio distortions in various host insects through processes such as cytoplasmic incompatibility, feminization, male killing, and parthenogenesis. We investigated if the Korean endemic firefly, Luciola unmunsana was infected with the bacterium because the species had an abnormal sex ratio in the field. The results show that some individuals are infected with the bacterium. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the bacterial strain infecting the firefly is closely related to strains that infect phylogenetically distant hosts.