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Wolbachia  density is not correlated with  cytoplasmic incompatibility  intensity. Wolbachia  might induce the defect in male host fertility by immunity-related pathways and thus cause an oxidative damage and cell death in male testes.

D. sechellia breeds poorly on laboratory food  in the absence of the fruit of its normal host plant, Morinda citrifolia ( a medicinal plant )