Strong specificity in the interaction between parasitoids and symbiont-protected hosts

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2369-2375

  Rouchet, R ^a   Vorburger, C ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aphis fabae; Endosymbiont; Genotype by genotype interaction; Hamiltonella defensa; Infectivity; Lysiphlebus fabarum

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; APHID; COEVOLUTION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE RESISTANCE; WASP;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; OVIPOSITION; PARTHENOGENESIS; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LYSIPHLEBUS FABARUM; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84868206410     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02608.x     Document Type: Article

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