CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY IN NATURAL-POPULATIONS OF A MOSQUITO, CULEX-PIPIENS L
CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY IN NATURAL-POPULATIONS OF A MOSQUITO, CULEX-PIPIENS L
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DOI:
10.1038/283071a0
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
BARR, AR
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作者:
BARR, AR
When two strains ofCulex pipiens(s.l.) of different geographical origin are cross-mated, the cross is frequently sterile in one or both directions1. Such incompatibility is said to be cytoplasmic because the crossability of a strain is determined by its maternal lineage2. The incompatibility is caused in some way by infection with a rickettsia-like bacterial symbiote, as removal of the symbiote abolishes the incompatibility3. Incompatibility has not been observed in crosses of American strains ofC. pipiens4–7. On the other hand, most workers in other parts of the world who have crossedC. pipiensstrains have noticed incompatibility7–14, although there are no reports of incompatible egg rafts being collected in the field. We now report incompatibility in crosses of sympatric American strains ofC. pipiensand the collection of incompatible egg rafts in the field.