Wolbachia infection frequencies in insects: Evidence of a global equilibrium?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1450, 2000, Pages 1277-1285

  Werren, John H ^a   Windsor, Donald M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Infection frequency; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; INSECT; PARASITE INFESTATION;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ECOLOGY; FEMINIZATION; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PANAMA; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0034617230     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1139     Document Type: Article

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