Wolbachia wSinvictaA infections in natural populations of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta: Testing for phenotypic effects

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bouwma, Andrew M ^a,b   Shoemaker, Dewayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoplasmic incompatibility; fitness; social insects; Solenopsis invicta; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; WOLBACHIA;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79955496459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.0111     Document Type: Article

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