[Wolbachia--a new bacteria causing sex ratio bias in the two-spot lady-bird Adalia bipunctata L].
Some of the male-killing lines of the two-spot ladybird Adalia bipunctata L. isolated from the populations of Moscow and Tomsk and having a female-biased sex ratio were found to be infected with a bacterium of the genus Wolbachia. This fact is the first demonstration of the ability of Wolbachia to kill males of a host insect. The coexistence of females infected with different male-killing bacteria was recorded in the population of Moscow.
Zakharov
I A
IA
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Goriacheva
I I
II
Shaĭkevich
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EV
Schulenburg
J H
JH
Majerus
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EN
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000302:isolation & purification*