The coevolution of bacterial endosymbionts and phloem-feeding insects

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-44

  Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid; Buchnera; Coevolution; Endosymbiont; Mutualism; Phloem sap; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

BUCHNERA;

EID: 0035014905     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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