Sex and stripping: The key to the intimate relationship between Wolbachia and host?

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Published in Commun Integr Biol on March 01, 2010

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Ilaria Negri, Marco Pellecchia, Pierre Grève, Daniele Daffonchio, Claudio Bandi, Alberto Alma

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