Vertically transmitted viral endosymbionts of insects: Do sigma viruses walk alone?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1744, 2012, Pages 3889-3898

  Longdon, Ben ^a   Jiggins, Francis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biparental transmission; Host shift; Rhabdovirus; Sigma virus; Sweep; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EGG; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPERM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS;

EID: 84865393674     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1208     Document Type: Review

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