Nonrandom Wolbachia infection status of Drosophila melanogaster strains with different mtDNA haplotypes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2493-2498

  Nunes, Maria D S ^a   Nolte, Viola ^a   Schlötterer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; mtDNA; Selection; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; RICKETTSIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; WOLBACHIA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 54149106145     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn199     Document Type: Article

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