Wolbachia infection and incompatibility dynamics in experimental selection lines

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 272-282

  Perrot Minnot, M J ^a,b   Werren, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial load; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Introgression; Nasonia vitripennis; Parasitic wasp; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033046087     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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