Wolbachia infections in native and introduced populations of fire ants (Solenopsis spp.)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 661-673

  DeWayne Shoemaker, D ^a   Ross, Kenneth G ^b   Keller, L ^c   Vargo, E L ^d   Werren, John H ^e  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fire ants; Introgression; mtDNA; Reproductive isolation; Solenopsis invicta; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0034517953     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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