Combined actions of bacteriophage-encoded genes in Wolbachia-induced male lethality

• Published in: iScience Vol. 26; no. 6; p. 106842
• Main Authors: Arai, Hiroshi, Anbutsu, Hisashi, Nishikawa, Yohei, Kogawa, Masato, Ishii, Kazuo, Hosokawa, Masahito, Lin, Shiou-Ruei, Ueda, Masatoshi, Nakai, Madoka, Kunimi, Yasuhisa, Harumoto, Toshiyuki, Kageyama, Daisuke, Takeyama, Haruko, Inoue, Maki N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 16.06.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Evolutionary biology; Genetics; Microbiology; Virology; Genetics; Microbiology; Evolutionary biology; Virology

Some Wolbachia endosymbionts induce male killing, whereby male offspring of infected females are killed during development; however, the origin and diversity of the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we identified a 76 kbp prophage region specific to male-killing Wolbachia hosted b...