The distribution of Wolbachia in g wasps: correlations with host phylogeny, ecology and population structure
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The distribution of Wolbachia in g wasps: correlations with host phylogeny, ecology and population structure D. DeWayne Shoemaker, Carlos A. Machado, Drude Molbo, John H. Werren, Donald M. Windsor and Edward Allen Herre Department of Biological Sciences, 3149 Wood Hall, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5410, USA Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Nelson Biological Laboratories, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA Universite de Lausanne, IE-ZEA, Batiment de Biologie, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama
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