Hidden cytoplasmic incompatibility alters the dynamics of male-killer/host interactions

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-487

  Hornett, E A ^a   Engelstadter J ^b   Hurst, G D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Hypolimnas bolina; Sex ratio; Suppression; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPOLIMNAS BOLINA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77749264554     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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