The ecology and evolution of microbes that manipulate host reproduction

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2009, Pages 127-149

  Engelstädter, Jan ^a   Hurst, Gregory D D ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic coevolution; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Host parasite interactions; Male killing; Symbiosis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; HERITABILITY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION EFFECT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMBIONT;

ARTHROPODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 75649136824     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.110308.120206     Document Type: Article

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