| wolbachia in anastrepha fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae). | endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus wolbachia are widespread among arthropods and cause a variety of reproductive abnormalities, such as cytoplasmic incompatibility, thelytokous parthenogenesis, male-killing, and host feminization. in this study, we used three sets of wolbachia-specific primers (16s rdna, ftsz, and wsp) in conjunction with the polymerase chain reaction (pcr), cloning and sequencing to study the infection of fruit flies (anastrepha spp. and ceratitis capitata) by wolbachia. the f ... | 2009 | 19536597 |