Natural variation in population densities and vertical transmission rates of a Spiroplasma endosymbiont in Drosophila hydei

Symbiosis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-78

  Osaka, Ryu ^a   Ichizono, Temma ^b   Kageyama, Daisuke ^c   Nomura, Masashi ^a   Watada, Masayoshi ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila hydei; Endosymbiont; Infection density; Spiroplasma; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA HYDEI; HEXAPODA; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 84879161316     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: 18787665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-013-0242-2     Document Type: Article

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