Effect of the Drosophila endosymbiont Spiroplasma on parasitoid wasp development and on the reproductive fitness of wasp-attacked fly survivors

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1065-1079

  Xie, Jialei ^a   Tiner, Bethany ^a   Vilchez, Igor ^a   Mateos, Mariana ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive mutualism; Drosophila hydei; Endosymbiont; Leptopilina; Mollicutes; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM; EMBRYO; EMERGENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LARVA; MATERNAL EFFECT; MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WASP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA HYDEI; LEPTOPILINA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; MOLLICUTES; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 80052261756     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9453-7     Document Type: Article

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