Diversity of Wolbachia pipientis strain wPip in a genetically admixtured, above-ground Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) population: Association with form molestus ancestry and host selection patterns

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 474-481

  Morningstar, Rebecca J ^a,b   Hamer, Gabriel L ^b,c   Goldberg, Tony L ^c   Huang, Shaoming ^d   Andreadis, Theodore G ^d   Walker, Edward D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteriophage WO; bloodmeal analysis; Culex pipiens; genetic substructuring; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CULEX; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CULEX; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

AVES; BACTERIOPHAGE WO; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MAMMALIA; MIRIDAE; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 84861134295     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11283     Document Type: Article

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