The Combined Effects of Bacterial Symbionts and Aging on Life History Traits in the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 470-477

  Laughton, Alice M ^a,b   Fan, Maretta H ^a   Gerardo, Nicole M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ASSOCIATED COSTS; BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; IMMUNE CAPACITY; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; POPULATION GROWTH;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

APHID; BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; APHID; ARTICLE; BUCHNERA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84892472997     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02657-13     Document Type: Article

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