ArticleNature2018
Male-killing toxin in a bacterial symbiont of Drosophila.
Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers.
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Who cites it
95 citing papers in PubMed, 163 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Linking genomic variation in Spiroplasma endosymbionts to male production and male-killing in the pea aphid.BMC genomics · 2026Article
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- Complete transition from chromosomal to cytoplasmic sex determination during prolonged Wolbachia symbiosis.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Endosymbionts interacting with sex-determining genes and processes.Current opinion in insect science · 2025Review
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- Diversity and spread of cytoplasmic incompatibility genes among maternally inherited symbionts.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
- Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of theResearch square · 2025Article
- Diverse toxin repertoire but limited metabolic capacities inferred from the draft genome assemblies of threeMicrobial genomics · 2025Article
- Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Sex Ratio Distortion Mediated by Cytoplasmic Symbionts.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Review
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- Prophage-encodedeLife · 2025Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Several lineages of symbiotic bacteria in insects selfishly manipulate host reproduction to spread in a population
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