Strain-specific regulation of intracellular Wolbachia density in multiply infected insects

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3459-3465

  Mouton, L ^a   Henri, H ^a   Bouletreau, M ^a   Vavre, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Density; Leptopilina heterotoma; Multiple infection; Quantitative PCR; Symbiosis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETEROTOMA; HEXAPODA; LEPTOPILINA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; VESPIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0345099414     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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