Wolbachia infection in Drosophila simulans: Does the female host bear a physiological cost?

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 180-186

  Poinsot, Denis ^a   Merçot, Herve ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Drosophila simulans; endosymbiosis; fitness; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FITNESS; MATERNAL TRANSMISSION; PARASITE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0030618387     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02399.x     Document Type: Article

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