Wolbachia infection and expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Armigeres subalbatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-57

  Jamnongluk, Wanwisa ^a   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^a   Baisley, Kathy J ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a,b  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armigeres subalbatus; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008833472     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.1.53     Document Type: Article

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