Horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in a Drosophila community

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-472

  Haine, Eleanor R ^a,b   Pickup, Nicola J ^a   Cook, James M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Frugivores; Fungivores; Horizontal transmission; Host ecology; Infection; Parasitoid; Recombination; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FRUGIVORY; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MYCOPHAGY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA AMBIGUA; DROSOPHILA TRISTIS; FUNGI; INSECTA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 27744512552     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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