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Are we underestimating the diversity and incidence of insect bacterial symbionts? A case study in ladybird beetles

Vertically transmitted bacterial symbionts are common in arthropods. However, estimates of their incidence and diversity are based on studies that test for a single bacterial genus and often only include small samples of each host species. Focussing on ladybird beetles, we collected large samples fr...

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Autores principales: Weinert, Lucy A, Tinsley, Matthew C, Temperley, Matilda, Jiggins, Francis M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2111056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17878145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0373