Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids
Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids
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England: The Royal Society
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English
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Heritable symbionts are common in insects with many contributing to host defence. Hamiltonella defensa is a facultative, bacterial symbiont of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum that provides protection against the endoparasitoid wasp Aphidius ervi. Protection levels vary among strains of H. defensa that are differentially infected by bacteriophage...
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Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_29093227
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_29093227
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0962-8452
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1471-2954
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10.1098/rspb.2017.1925
