High-prevalence male-killing Wolbachia in the butterfly Acraea encedana

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-501

  Jiggins, F M ^a,c   Hurst, G D D ^b   Dolman, C E ^a   Majerus, M E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acraea encedana; Lepidoptera; Male killing; Sex ratio; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; INHERITANCE; MALE KILLING BACTERIUM; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA; WSP GENE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BUTTERFLY; MORTALITY;

ACRAEA ENCEDANA; ACRAEA ENCEDON; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0034078649     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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