May parthenogenesis in Artemia be attributed to Wolbachia?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 317-322

  Maniatsi, Stefania ^a   Bourtzis, Kostas ^b   Abatzopoulos, Theodore J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Artemia; Parthenogenesis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; BISEXUAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEA; ENDOSYMBIONT; PCR ASSAY; TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; ISOPOD; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; ISOPODA; OSTRACODA; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77953872523     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0306-8     Document Type: Article

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