The transmission and effects of Wolbachia bacteria in parasitoids

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-28

  Cook, James M ^a   Butcher, Robert D J ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Horizontal transmission; Hymenoptera; Parasite; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; NEMATODA; VESPIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0002960634     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011978     Document Type: Article

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