Intergenomic arms races: Detection of a nuclear rescue gene of male-killing in a ladybird

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Majerus, Tamsin M O ^a   Majerus, Michael E N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APHID; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENDER BIAS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SELECTION; INHERITANCE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BEETLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHEILOMENES SEXMACULATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PROTEOBACTERIA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77957688303     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000987     Document Type: Article

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