Infection density of Wolbachia and level of cytoplasmic incompatibility in the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Ikeda, Takashi ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^b   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Ephestia kuehniella; Infection density; Real time quantitative PCR; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CADRA CAUTELLA; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRUNUS DULCIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0141862007     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2011(03)00106-X     Document Type: Article

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