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Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbh145
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Received April 15, 2004
Accepted August 25, 2004

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No evidence of Wolbachia among Great Lakes area populations of Daphnia pulex (Crustacea: Cladocera)

Jay M. Fitzsimmons 1 and David J. Innes 1*

1 Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3X9, Canada

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dinnes{at}mun.ca.


  Abstract

Wolbachia endobacteria are commonly associated with a variety of arthropod species as hosts, and induce known changes in their hosts' life-history traits. Despite exhibiting several Wolbachia-like lifehistory traits, and despite being a common model organism, the zooplankton Daphnia pulex has not been formally tested for infection with Wolbachia. Among 203 isolates exhibiting a range of lifehistory phenotypes, we found no evidence of Wolbachia. This leaves the genes of D. pulex as the most likely cause of its own life-history traits.


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