Wolbachia symbiont infections induce strong cytoplasmic incompatibility in the Tsetse fly glossina morsitans

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Alam, Uzma ^a   Medlock, Jan ^a,d   Brelsfoard, Corey ^a,e   Pais, Roshan ^a,f   Lohs, Claudia ^a,g   Balmand, Séverine ^b   Carnogursky, Jozef ^c   Heddi, Abdelaziz ^b   Takac, Peter ^c   Galvani, Alison ^a   Aksoy, Serap ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UA INRA 203   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^g MAX F PERUTZ LABORATORIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; WIGGLESWORTHIA; WOLBACHIA INFECTION; YEAST; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TSETSE FLY; WOLBACHIA;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; WIGGLESWORTHIA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLIES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84855268715     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002415     Document Type: Article

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