Ecology, Wolbachia infection frequency and mode of reproduction in the parasitoid wasp Tetrastichus coeruleus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1733-1744

  Reumer, Barbara M ^a   Van Alphen, Jacques J M ^a,b   Kraaijeveld, Ken ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental specialization; MLST; Parthenogenesis; Sexual vs. asexual populations; Tetrastichus coeruleus; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; TETRASTICHUS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77950208645     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04599.x     Document Type: Article

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