The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 81, No. 3 (Sep., 1998), pp. 310-317 (8 pages) Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria that manipulate the reproduction of their arthropod hosts. The nature of the ...

According to the researchers, sperm is particularly prone to DNA damage and repair during this transition. In this study, they found that sperm exposed to Wolbachia, or the Cif proteins alone ...