High incidences and similar patterns of Wolbachia infection in fig wasp communities from three different continents

Insect Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-111

  Chen, Lin Lin ^a,b   Cook, James M ^c   Xiao, Hui ^a   Hu, Hao Yuan ^b   Niu, Li Ming ^a,b   Huang, Da Wei ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fig wasps; Horizontal transmission; Wolbachia; Wsp

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77952933386     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2009.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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