Thesis
The facultative endosymbionts of grain aphids and the horizontal transfer of ecologically important traits
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- Insects are often infected with facultative endosymbiotic bacteria, which can have a range of important ecological effects. The grain aphid, Sitobion avenae, harbours diverse facultative symbionts, which suggests their importance in grain aphid biology.
- This thesis attempts to explain the ecological roles of the facultative endosymbionts in S. avenae. It also examines the question of whether the horizontal transmissio...
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Authors
Contributors
+ Godfray, C
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
Role:
Supervisor
+ Ferrari, J
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2011
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:5953
- Deposit date:
- 2011-12-06
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- Copyright holder:
- Lukasik, P
- Copyright date:
- 2011
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