The diversity of inherited parasites of insects, the male-killing agent of the ladybird beetle Coleomegilla maculata is a member of the Flavobacteria

Genetical Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Hurst, Gregory D D ^a,c   Hammarton, Tansy C ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Majerus, Tamsin M O ^a   Bertrand, Dominique ^a   Majerus, Michaei E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARTHENOGENESIS; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030701869     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397002838     Document Type: Article

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