How <i>Wolbachia</i> Spreads Itself (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University

How <i>Wolbachia</i> Spreads Itself

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Wolbachia spreads itself by hijacking the insect reproductive system in a process called cytoplasmic incompatibility, or CI. (J. Dylan Shropshire/Vanderbilt University)

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J. Dylan Shropshire, Vanderbilt University

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