Feminizing Wolbachia in Zyginidia pullula (Insecta, Hemiptera), a leafhopper with an XX/XO sex-determination system

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1599, 2006, Pages 2409-2416

  Negri, I ^a   Pellecchia, M ^b   Mazzoglio, P J ^a   Patetta, A ^a   Alma, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Feminization; Wolbachia pipientis; wsp; XX XO sex determination system; Zyginidia pullula

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; KARYOLOGY; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RNA; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEMIPTERA; HERMAPHRODITISM; ITALY; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MALE; MATING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WOLBACHIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 33748653576     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3592     Document Type: Article

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