Male-killing Wolbachia in a live-bearing arthropod: Brood abortion as a constraint on the spread of a selfish microbe

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Zeh, J A ^a   Zeh, D W ^a  

^a the Program in Ecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordylochernes scorpioides; Male killing; Pseudoscorpion; Reproductive compensation; Selfish genetic elements; Sex ratio distortion; Viviparity; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; SEX RATIO; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; CORDYLOCHERNES SCORPIOIDES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 33646162430     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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