Phylogeny of the arthropod endosymbiont Wolbachia based on the wsp gene

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-408

  Van Meer, Marnix M M ^a   Witteveldt, J ^a   Stouthamer, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Horizontal transmission; Phylogeny; Thelytoky; Wolbachia; Wsp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOPLASMIC INHERITANCE; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENETIC STRAIN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPHESTIA; INSECTA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033180503     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83129.x     Document Type: Article

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