Genetic conflicts over sex ratio: Mite-endosymbiont interactions

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-266

  Vala, Filipa ^a,b   Van Opijnen, Tim ^a   Breeuwer, Johannes A J ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution of mutualism; Sex ratio; Spider mite; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SYMBIOSIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SYMBIOSIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0037325294     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345856     Document Type: Article

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