Paternal transmission of symbiotic bacteria in malaria vectors

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Damiani, Claudia ^a   Ricci, Irene ^a   Crotti, Elena ^b   Rossi, Paolo ^a   Rizzi, Aurora ^b   Scuppa, Patrizia ^a   Esposito, Fulvio ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Favia, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MALARIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENE;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FATHERS; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENES;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ASAIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 57049149652     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.040     Document Type: Letter

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