Preferred Label : Symbiont Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility;
MeSH definition : A naturally occurring reproductive phenomenon of INVERTEBRATES in which only certain
combination of crosses result in viable embryos due to incompatibility between sperm
and egg cells that is caused by differences in intracellular parasites (symbionts).
For example, a maternally inherited symbiont bacteria, e.g., WOLBACHIA, induces changes
in sperm of the host, causing mitotic defects in the fertilized embryo only in crosses
between symbiotic males and females harboring a different or no symbiont.;
Origin ID : D000094402;
UMLS CUI : C5690907;
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A naturally occurring reproductive phenomenon of INVERTEBRATES in which only certain
combination of crosses result in viable embryos due to incompatibility between sperm
and egg cells that is caused by differences in intracellular parasites (symbionts).
For example, a maternally inherited symbiont bacteria, e.g., WOLBACHIA, induces changes
in sperm of the host, causing mitotic defects in the fertilized embryo only in crosses
between symbiotic males and females harboring a different or no symbiont.
