Evidence for specificity in symbiontconferred protection against parasitoids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1811, 2015, Pages

  McLean, Ailsa H C ^a   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid; Facultative symbiosis; Parasitoid; Resistance; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

APHID; BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST PLANT; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIONT; WASP;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHELINIDAE; APHELINUS ABDOMINALIS; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS; APHIDIUS ERVI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACONIDAE; CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; HEXAPODA; MEDICAGO; ONONIS;

ANIMAL; APHID; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONONIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VIROLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACTERIOPHAGES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONONIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

EID: 84936883099     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0977     Document Type: Article

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