The bacterium Wolbachia has strange and wonderful effects on reproduction in its many invertebrate host species. In effect, the creation of new species can now be added to the list.
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Wade, M. Infectious speciation. Nature 409, 675–677 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35055648
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