Modification of insect and arachnid behaviours by vertically transmitted endosymbionts: Infections as drivers of behavioural change and evolutionary novelty

Insects

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 246-261

  Goodacre, Sara L ^a   Martin, Oliver Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Bacteria; Host; Manipulation; Reproductive parasite

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; MOLLICUTES; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 84884676245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects3010246     Document Type: Review

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