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11375098

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1472
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
Inherited bacterial symbionts from the genus Wolbachia have attracted much attention by virtue of their ability to manipulate the reproduction of their arthropod hosts. The potential importance of these bacteria has been underlined by surveys, which have estimated that 17% of insect species are infected. We examined whether these surveys have systematically underestimated the proportion of infected species through failing to detect the low-prevalence infections that are expected when Wolbachia distorts the sex ratio. We estimated the proportion of species infected with Wolbachia within Acraea butterflies by testing large collections of each species for infection. Seven out of 24 species of Acraea were infected with Wolbachia. Four of these were infected with Wolbachia at high prevalence, a figure compatible with previous broad-scale surveys, whilst three carried low-prevalence infections that would have had a very low likelihood of being detected by previous sampling methods. This led us to conclude that sex-ratio-distorting Wolbachia may be common in insects that have an ecology and/or genetics that permit the invasion of these parasites and that previous surveys may have seriously underestimated the proportion of species that are infected.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0962-8452
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1123-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
How many species are infected with Wolbachia? Cryptic sex ratio distorters revealed to be common by intensive sampling.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK. fmj1001@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't