Evidence for a new feminizing Wolbachia strain in the isopod Armadillidium vulgare: evolutionary implications

2004/05/12 by R Cordaux, Richard Cordaux, Alice Michel‐Salzat +6 · 122 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Botany #Cytoplasmic incompatibility #Evolutionary biology #Feminization (sociology) #Genetics #Hordeum vulgare #Horizontal transmission #Host (biology) #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Insect and Pesticide Research #Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences #Strain (injury) #Wolbachia #Zoology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800482

published in Heredity 93(1), 78-84 (Springer Nature)

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