Effect of host genotype on symbiont titer in the aphid-Buchnera symbiosis

Insects

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-434

  Vogel, Kevin J ^a   Moran, Nancy A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid; Buchnera aphidicola; Nutritional symbiosis; Symbiont titer

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA (PROTEOBACTERIA); BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84878763168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects2030423     Document Type: Article

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