Hidden Wolbachia diversity in field populations of the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3816-3830

  Arthofer, Wolfgang ^a,b   Riegler, Markus ^c   Schneider, Daniela ^d   Krammer, Martin ^d   Miller, Wolfgang J ^d   Stauffer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Detection limit; Multiple infection; Rhagoletis cerasi; Titre fluctuation; Wolbachia; Wsp

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WSP PROTEIN, WOLBACHIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; TEPHRITIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEPHRITIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHAGOLETIS CERASI; RHAGOLETIS CINGULATA; TEPHRITIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 70349151718     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04321.x     Document Type: Article

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