What maintains noncytoplasmic incompatibility inducing Wolbachia in their hosts: A case study from a natural Drosophila yakuba population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 322-330

  Charlat, S ^a,c   Ballard, J W O ^b   Mercot H ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Drosophila yakuba; Field work; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WSP PROTEIN, WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIUM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCOMPATIBILITY; STERILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GABON; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOLBACHIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GABON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 1542319065     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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