Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) (IMAGE)

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI)

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Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a phenomenon where the offspring of insect species fail to develop properly when uninfected females mate with males infected with specific symbiotic bacteria.

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National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

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