Association with host mitochondrial haplotypes suggests that feminizing microsporidia lack horizontal transmission

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1077-1083

  Ironside, J E ^a   Dunn, A M ^b   Rollinson, D ^c   Smith, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminization; Gammarus duebeni; Microsporidia; Mitochondria; Nosema granulosis; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEMINIZATION; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRION; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA, UNCLASSIFIED; NOSEMA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREAT CUMBRAE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; EUKARYOTA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMA GRANULOSIS;

EID: 0242543070     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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