How can sex ratio distorters reach extreme prevalences? Male-killing Wolbachia are not suppressed and have near-perfect vertical transmission efficiency in Archaea encedon

Authors :: Jiggins, Francis M.
Randerson, James P.
Hurst, Gregory D. D.
Majerus, Michael E. N.
Source :: Evolution. Nov, 2002, Vol. 56 Issue 11, 2290-2295
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Research has been conducted on maternally transmitted bacteria killing male hosts during their development. The authors have investigated the relationships between a butterfly and its male-killing host Wolbachia, and they report that they have not identified the physical cost to infection and that this finding indicates high prevalence of butterfly's male killer.

Subjects :: Evolution -- Research
Evolution -- Genetic aspects
Sex ratio -- Analysis
Wolbachia -- Genetic aspects
Population biology -- Genetic aspects
Population biology -- Physiological aspects
Courtship of animals -- Analysis
Developmental biology -- Research
Developmental biology -- Genetic aspects
Host-parasite relationships -- Analysis
Biological sciences

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