Obligate thelytoky in oribatid mites: No evidence for Wolbachia inducement

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 691-698

  Perrot Minnot, Marie Jeanne ^a,c   Norton, Roy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSYMBIOTIC BACTERIA; MITE; THELYTOKY;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; ORIBATIDA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0030733247     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129691-4     Document Type: Article

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