Rapid spread of the defensive endosymbiont Spiroplasma in Drosophila hydei under high parasitoid wasp pressure

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Xie, Jialei ^a   Winter, Caitlyn ^a   Winter, Lauryn ^a   Mateos, Mariana ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila hydei; Female realized fecundity; Leptopilina heterotoma; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; WASP;

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

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPIROPLASMA; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPIROPLASMA; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

EID: 84951749591     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/iu017     Document Type: Article

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