Distribution and fitness effects of the son-killer bacterium in Nasonia

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 593-607

  Balas, Michael T ^a   Michelle, M Lee ^a   Werren, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

male killing microorganism; Nasonia giraulti; Nasonia longicornis; Nasonia vitripennis; parasitoid wasp; sex ratio distorter

Indexed keywords

NASONIA; ARSENOPHONUS NASONIAE; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA LONGICORNIS; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE;

FITNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MALE KILLING; PARASITOID WASP; SEX RATIO DISTORTION; SON-KILLER BACTERIA;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030303089     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237709     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Andreadis, T.G. (1990) Epizootiology of Amblyospora connecticus (Microsporida) in field populations of the saltmarsh mosquito, Aedes cantator, and the cyclopoid copepod, Acanthocyclops vernalis. J. Protozool. 37, 174-82.
2. Beukeboom, L.W. and Werren, J.H. (1992) Population genetics of a parasitic chromosome: experimental analysis of PSR in subdivided populations. Evolution 46, 1257-68.
3. Charlesworth, D. and Ganders, F.R. (1979) The population genetics of gynodioecy with cytoplasmic-genic male sterility. Heredity 43, 213-18.
4. Darling, D.C. and Werren, J.H. (1990) Biosystematics of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): two new species reared from birds' nests in North America. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 83, 352-70.
5. Ebbert, M.A. (1991) The interaction phenotype in the Drosophila willistoni-spiroplasma symbiosis. Evolution 45, 971-88.
6. Ebbert, M.A. (1993) Endosymbiotic sex ratio distorters in insects and mites. In Evolution and Diversity of Sex Ratio in Insects and Mites (D.L. Wrensch and M.A. Ebbert, eds), pp. 150-91. Chapman & Hall, New York.
7. Ebbert, M.A. (1995) Variable effects of crowding on Drosophila hosts of male-lethal and non-male-lethal spiroplasmas in laboratory populations. Heredity 74, 227-40.
8. Gherna, R.L., Werren, J.H., Weisburg, W., Cote, R., Woese, C.R., Mandelco, L. and Brenner, D.J. (1991) Arsenophonus nasoniae gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of the son-killer trait in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 41, 563-5.
9. Huger, A.M., Skinner, S.W. and Werren, J.H. (1985) Bacterial infections associated with the son-killer trait in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia ( = Mormoniella) vitripennis. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 46, 272-80.
10. Hurst, G.D.D., Majerus, M.E.N. and Walker, L.E. (1992) Cytoplasmic male killing elements in Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Heredity 69, 84-91.
11. Hurst, G.D.D., Majerus, M.E.N. and Walker, L.E. (1993) The importance of cytoplasmic male killing elements in natural populations of the two spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 49, 195-202.
12. Hurst, L.D. (1991) The incidences and evolution of cytoplasmic male killers. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 244, 91-9.
13. O'Neill, K.M. and Skinner, S.W. (1990) Ovarian egg size and number in relation to female size in five species of parasitoid wasps. J. Zool., Lond. 220, 115-22.
14. Saul, G.B., Saul, S.W. and Becker, S. (1967) Linkage in Mormoniella. Genetics 57, 369-84.
15. Shull, A.F. (1948) An all-female strain of lady beetles with reversions to normal sex ratios. Am. Nat. 82, 241-51.
16. Skinner, S.W. (1983) Extrachromosomal sex ratio factors in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia ( = Mormoniella) vitripennis. PhD dissertation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
17. Skinner, S.W. (1985) Son-killer: a third extrachromosomal factor affecting the sex ratio in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia ( = Mormoniella) vitripennis. Genetics 109, 745-59.
18. Uyenoyama, M.K. and Feldman, M.W. (1978) The genetics of sex ratio distortion by cytoplasmic infection under maternal and contagious transmission: an epidemiological study. Theor. Pop. Biol. 14, 471-97.
19. Werren, J.H. (1983) Sex ratio evolution under local mate competition in a parasitic wasp. Evolution 37, 116-24.
20. Werren, J.H. (1987) The coevolution of autosomal and cytoplasmic sex ratio factors. J. Theor. Biol. 124, 317-34.
21. Werren, J.H., Skinner, S.W. and Huger, A.M. (1986) Male-killing bacteria in a parasitic wasp. Science 231, 990-2.
22. Werren, J.H., Hurst, G.D.D., Zhang, W., Breeuwer, J.A.J., Stouthamer, R. and Majerus, M.E.N. (1994) Rickettsial relative associated with male killing in the ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata). J. Bacteriol. 176, 388-94.
23. Whiting, A.R. (1967) The biology of the parasitic wasp, Mormoniella vitripennis. Q. Rev. Biol. 42, 333-406.
24. Williamson, D.L. (1965) Kinetic studies of 'sex-ratio' spirochetes in Drosophila melanogaster Meigen females. J. Invert. Pathol. 7, 493-501.
25. Williamson, D.L. (1969) The sex ratio spirochete in Drosophila robusta. Jap. J. Genet. 44, 36-41.