A natural population of the butterfly Eurema hecabe with Wolbachia-induced female-biased sex ratio not by feminization

Genome

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-372

  Narita, Satoko ^a   Nomura, Masashi ^a   Kageyama, Daisuke ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Eurema hecabe; Male killing; Sex ratio distortion; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; WOLBACHIA;

EUREMA HECABE; PAPILIONOIDEA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 34547939109     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G07-020     Document Type: Article

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