Wolbachia density and host fitness components in Muscidifurax uniraptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-272

  Zchori Fein, Einat ^a   Gottlieb, Yuval ^a   Coll, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endosymbionts; Fitness; Muscidifurax uniraptor; Parthenogenesis; Sex ratio; Wolbachia density; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; MUSCIDIFURAX UNIRAPTOR; PTEROMALIDAE; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 0034047679     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.2000.4927     Document Type: Article

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