A stable triple Wolbachia infection in Drosophila with nearly additive incompatibility effects

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 620-627

  Rousset, François ^a,b   Braig, Henk R ^a,c   O'Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Cytoplasmic injection; Drosophila simulans; Multiple infections; Wolbachia, wsp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; RICKETTSIACEAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033152644     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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