Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Thelytokous parthenogenesis is a type of sex determination in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs. Genetic and endosymbiont-induced forms of thelytoky have been described in the Hymenoptera. Our study has revealed that Wolbachia, Cardinium, Spiroplasma and other endosymbionts are proba...

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Main Authors: Paloma MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Jonás SARASA, Begoña PECO, Berta M. JAUREGUI, Desiree RIVERA, Jose L. BELLA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2013-04-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
Subjects:
wolbachia
cardinium
spiroplasma
endosymbionts
formicidae
messor
thelytokous parthenogenesis
Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201302-0003_Endosymbiont-free_ants_Molecular_biological_evidence_that_neither_Wolbachia_Cardinium_or_any_other_bacterial.php

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