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Nature 409, 675-677 (8 February 2001) | doi:10.1038/35055648
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Assistant Professor in the Study of Physical Hazards
- University of Cincinnati
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
John Innes Centre Project Leader in Plant or Microbial Sciences
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Evolution: Infectious speciation
Michael J. Wade
Abstract
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.
For a new species to arise, a single population must somehow be split into two reproductively isolated populations that cannot interbreed. Such reproductive isolation usually stems from genetic incompatibility.
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