An ancient horizontal gene transfer between mosquito and the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia pipientis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-374

  Woolfit, Megan ^a   Iturbe Ormaetxe, Iñaki ^a   McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles gambiae; Endosymbiont; SGS; Symbiosis; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 58449090122     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn253     Document Type: Article

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