Cytological and biochemical analyses of Wolbachia pipienitis, causative reagent of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans

Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) refers to the male-specific sterility widely observed among various insect species. CI has been correlated to an intracellular microorganism called Wolbachia pipientis. The expression of CI results when males infected with the symbionts are crossed with uninfected females; whereas reciprocal crosses between infected females and uninfected males are compatible, as well as crosses between flies of same infection types. CI was discovered in Drosophila simulans(DSR) in 1989, however virtually nothing is known regarding molecular mechanisms of CI.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Biochemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kose, Hiroyuki

Contributors dc:contributor

• Karr, Timothy L.

• Biology, Cell
• Chemistry, Biochemistry

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Kose, Hiroyuki

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9624395
(UMI)AAI9624395

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/18963