Rickettsia Symbionts Cause Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Parasitoid Wasp Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.03154-09