Male-killing Spiroplasma naturally infecting Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-287

  Montenegro, H ^a,b   Solferini, V N ^a   Klaczko, L B ^a   Hurst, G D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Male killing; Spiroplasma; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPIROPLASMA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SPIROPLASMA; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA NEBULOSA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA POULSONII; WILLISTONI GROUP; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 20444416028     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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