Deleterious Wolbachia in the ant Formica truncorum

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1491, 2002, Pages 623-629

  Wenseleers, T ^a   Sundstrom L ^a   Billen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; Selfish cytoplasmic elements; Sex ratio; Social insects; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; FITNESS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICA; FORMICA TRUNCORUM; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 41049089621     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1927     Document Type: Article

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