The popcorn wolbachia infection of drosophila melanogaster: Can selection alter wolbachia longevity effects?

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2648-2657

  Carrington, Lauren B ^a   Leslie, Jane ^a   Weeks, Andrew R ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Host background effects; Longevity; Popcorn; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIVERGENCE; FLY; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MOSQUITO; OUTCROSSING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SELECTION; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LONGEVITY; SELECTION, GENETIC; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 70349882010     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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