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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...
Autores principales: | Hayashi, Masayuki, Watanabe, Masaya, Yukuhiro, Fumiko, Nomura, Masashi, Kageyama, Daisuke |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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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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