Molecular markers indicate rare sex in a predominantly asexual parasitoid wasp

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1189-1199

  Belshaw, Robert ^a   Quicke, Donald L J ^a,b   Völkl, Wolfgang ^c   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphidiinae; Asexual; Elongation factor; Lysiphlebus; Mitochondrial DNA; Parthenogenesis; Phylogeny; Thelytoky

Indexed keywords

HETEROZYGOTE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

APHIDIINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS; VESPIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0032849985     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04532.x     Document Type: Article

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