Space and the persistence of male-killing endosymbionts in insect populations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1509, 2002, Pages 2509-2518

  Groenenboom, Maria A C ^a   Hogeweg, Paulien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Male killing; Mathematical model; Polymorphism; Selfish genetic element; Sex ratio; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; INSECT; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEATH; ENDOSYMBIONT; INSECT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPACE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA;

ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0037160247     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2197     Document Type: Article

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