The most common effect of the endosymbiont Wolbachia is cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), a form of postzygotic reproductive isolation that occurs in crosses where the male is infected by at least one ...

Previous studies established that cytoplasmic incompatibility in the confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum, is mediated by a maternally inherited rickettsia-like bacteria: crosses between infected ...

Parasites that stop coconut beetles reproducing could be used in the battle against a critter that is killing coconut trees. Bacterial parasites ensure their survival by altering their host’s ...

Discovery of the genes the insect parasite Wolbachia uses to control its hosts' reproduction provides a powerful new tool for enhancing biological control efforts for mosquito-borne diseases like ...

A pair of bacterial genes may enable genetic engineering strategies for curbing populations of virus-transmitting mosquitoes. Bacteria that make the insects effectively sterile have been used to ...