Wolbachia gonadal density in female and male Drosophila vary with laboratory adaptation and respond differently to physiological and environmental challenges

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-204

  Correa, Claudia C ^a   Ballard, J William O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ovaries; QPCR; Testes; Wolbachia density

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; DIET; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; WOLBACHIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; DIET; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; OVARY; SEX FACTORS; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84867657406     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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