May parthenogenesis in Artemia be attributed to Wolbachia
2010
Maniatsi, Stefania | Bourtzis, Kostas | Abatzopoulos, Theodore J
Rickettsia-like maternally inherited bacteria are commonly associated with the induction of severe modifications of the reproductive behaviour of their hosts, such as parthenogenesis. Among them, the endosymbiont Wolbachia is the best known because it is widespread in many arthropods, including insects, terrestrial isopods and the exclusively aquatic ostracods. The genus Artemia (Crustacea, Anostraca) that consists of both bisexual species and parthenogenetic strains was—to our knowledge—for the first time tested for infection with Wolbachia. We screened 38 Artemia populations (parthenogenetic and bisexual) using a PCR assay. Our results clearly show that Wolbachia is not involved in the induction of parthenogenesis in Artemia.
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