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> Wolbachia are also spectacularly manipulative and can alter the fertility of their hosts to ensure they are passed on to the next generation of mosquitoes. i
by riffraff 5y ago
> Wolbachia are also spectacularly manipulative and can alter the fertility of their hosts to ensure they are passed on to the next generation of mosquitoes.
is this a nice way of saying "the end result is more mosquitoes, but without dengue" ?
- ComodoHacker 5y agoIt means the infected ones could prevail in their population without the need to artificially grow and release more of them. All the usual limiting factors are still there, so no, there won't be much more of them. Except if these bacteria give some yet unknown benefits to this species of mosquitos.
- riffraff 5y agoah, makes sense, thank you.