Wolbachia in the Culex pipiens group mosquitoes: Introgression and superinfection

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-196

  Walker, Thomas ^a   Song, Shewu ^a,b   Sinkins, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Anhui Biology Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CULEX PIPIENS; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYONIC CYTOPLASMIC TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INTROGRESSION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SUPERINFECTION; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CULEX; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SUPERINFECTION; WOLBACHIA;

CULEX PIPIENS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 60249096054     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn079     Document Type: Article

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