A Nightmare for Males? A Maternally Transmitted Male-Killing Bacterium and Strong Female Bias in a Green Lacewing Population

For maternally transmitted microbes, a female-biased host sex ratio is of reproductive advantage. Here we found a strong female bias in a field population of the green lacewing, Mallada desjardinsi (Insecta; Neuroptera). This bias was attributed to the predominance of individuals harboring a materna...

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Autores principales: Hayashi, Masayuki, Watanabe, Masaya, Yukuhiro, Fumiko, Nomura, Masashi, Kageyama, Daisuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27304213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155794

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27304213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155794

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