The pathology of embryo death caused by the male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium in Drosophila nebulosa

BMC Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bentley, Joanna K ^a   Veneti, Zoe ^a   Heraty, Joseph ^a   Hurst, Gregory D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; SPIROPLASMA; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA NEBULOSA; HEXAPODA; SPIROPLASMA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 33947674121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-9     Document Type: Article

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