Infection density of Wolbachia endosymbiont affected by co-infection and host genotype

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 488-491

  Kondo, Natsuko ^a   Shimada, Masakazu ^b   Fukatsu, Takema ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Host symbiont interaction; Infection density; Multiple infection; Symbiont symbiont interaction; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; POPULATION REGULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEETLE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION; INTROGRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; VIGNA ANGULARIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 29144473296     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0340     Document Type: Article

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