Male-killing Wolbachia in two species of insect

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1420, 1999, Pages 735-740

  Hurst, Gregory D D ^a   Jigging, Francis M ^b   Von Der Schulenburg, J Hinrich Graf ^b   Bertrand, Dominique ^b   West, Stuart A ^c   Goriacheva, Irina I ^d   Zakharov, Ilia A ^d   Werren, John H ^e   Stouthamer, Richard ^f   Majerus, Michael E N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ashworth Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^d VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Inherited bacteria; Nymphalidae; Selfish genetic element; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

INSECT; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WOLBACHIA;

ACRAEA; ACRAEA ENCEDON; ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCINELLIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NYMPHALIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033531737     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0698     Document Type: Article

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