Biology of Wolbachia

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue , 1997, Pages 587-609

  Werren, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoplasmic incompatibility; parthenogenesis; reproduction; speciation; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0030890625     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.42.1.587     Document Type: Article

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