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. 2011 May 10;6(5):e19757. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019757

Table 1. The most interesting statements and their truth values according the goalkeeper-model and the lock-key-model.

Statement goalkeeper lock-key
A If only in the ovum but not in the sperm, Wolbachia does not cause CI true true
B Bidirectional incompatibility is possible true true
C Unidirectional incompatibility is possible true true
D Additional strains in males cannot decrease mod strength true true
D′ Even if strain Inline graphic rescues strain Inline graphic, it cannot rescue the double-infection Inline graphic (except if Inline graphic is [mod−]) true false
D″ If strain Inline graphic rescues strain Inline graphic, it also rescues the double-infection Inline graphic false true
E Additional strains in females cannot decrease resc strength true true
E′ The double-infection Inline graphic rescues the mono-infection Inline graphic true true
F The existence of [mod− resc+] strains is possible true true
H There are strains Inline graphic and Inline graphic that cannot rescue Inline graphic by themselves but can do so together true true
I Intransitivity: It is possible that Inline graphic rescues Inline graphic which rescues Inline graphic, but still Inline graphic cannot rescue Inline graphic true true
J If Inline graphic rescues the double-infection Inline graphic, then the double infection Inline graphic rescues the triple-infection Inline graphic false true
K Only if Inline graphic rescues Inline graphic does the double-infection Inline graphic rescue the double-infection Inline graphic true false
M There are strains that are [mod−] in one host and [mod+] in another true not derivable
P If Inline graphic rescues Inline graphic, and if Inline graphic rescues Inline graphic, it also rescues the double-infection Inline graphic false true

Evidence: A: [28, and many others], B: [28], [37], C: [16], [17], [19], [38], D: [16], [23], [38], [39], E: [16], [22], [23], [38], E′: [16], [22], F: [35], [40], I: [17], [19], M: [19], [35]. Formal proofs: Text S1.

Statements A-F are from [14]. It is assumed that each strain can rescue itself.