Discovery and identification of a male-killing agent in the Japanese ladybird Propylea japonica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Majerus, Tamsin Mo ^a   Majerus, Michael En ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; ENAMEL; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE-KILLING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SEX RATIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PROPYLEA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 77749249734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-37     Document Type: Article

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