Spacer 2 region and 5S rDNA variation of Wolbachia strains involved in cytoplasmic incompatibility or sex-ratio distortion in arthropods

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-22

  Van Meer, M M M ^a   Van Kan, F J P M ^a   Stouthamer, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES;

16S RDNA; CELL CYCLE; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; PHYLOGENETIC INFORMATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SEQUENCE VARIATIONS; SEX RATIOS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 5S; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEX RATIO; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0032891899     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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