A niche for Wolbachia

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-7

  Pfarr, Kenneth M ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DROSOPHILA; ENDOSYMBIONT; FILARIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; SHORT SURVEY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; NEMATODA; PHENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; ENDOBACTERIA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 33845720401     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.11.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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