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WorksheetsWolbachia & Reproductive Parasitism
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Wolbachia is an obligate, intracellular _________
Symbiont
Endosymbiont
Virus
Heartworm
Wolbachia lives within the cells of its ___ host
eukaryotic
filarial
endosymbiotic
prokaryotic
Wolbachia infects approximately ___ of all arthropods
20%
95%
40%
70%
Wolbachia resides in ___ tissues, such as ovaries and testes.
somatic
reproductive
bone
cartilage
Like ___, Wolbachia is ___ - transmitted.
parthenogenesis, paternally
mitochondria,
paternally
heartworm, maternally
mitochondria, maternally
Wolbachia infections can be treated with ___.
antibiotics
NSAIDS
probiotics
analgesics
___ is the genetic code (DNA) responsible for a particular trait.
pretype
genotype
reprotype
phenotype
___ is the visible or expressed trait.
phenotype
genotype
filotype
What is it called when males die during embryogenesis?
(one of four reproductive phenotypes)
feminization
male-killing
parthenogenesis
cytoplasmic incompatibility
What is it called when females reproduce asexually?
(one of the four reproductive phenotypes)
cytoplasmic incompatibility
feminization
male-killing
parthenogenesis
What is it called when genetic males develop as phenotypic females?
(one of four reproductive phenotypes)
feminization
male-killing
parthenogenesis
cytoplasmic incompatibility
What is it called when Wolbachia-infected males can successfully mate with only females harboring the same infection?
(one of four reproductive phenotypes)
parthenogenesis
feminization
male-killing
cytoplasmic incompatibility
In cytoplasmic incompatibility, Wolbachia ___ the sperm.
modifies
kills
digests
In cytoplasmic incompatibility only a female with the same wolbachia infection can ___ the incompatibility.
harbor
rescue
kill
Some strains of Wolbachia inhibit the transmission of ___-borne diseases, such as ___, dengue, and chikungunya virus.
mosquito,
heartworm
parasite,
Zika
mosquito,
Zika
parasite,
heartworm
In ______, Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes are released to crash a local population.
population replacement strategy
sterile insect technique
In ______, Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes are released to rapidly replace the population with mosquitoes that are unable to transmit human viruses.
population replacement strategy
sterile insect technique
