Table 1 |
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Transmission efficiency of the A. bipunctata Spiroplasma male-killer following injection into different coccinellid species. |
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Species |
N |
Females |
Males |
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Infected |
Uninfected |
Infected |
Uninfected |
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A. bipunctata |
33 |
33 |
0 |
- |
- |
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A. decempunctata |
16 |
16 |
0 |
- |
- |
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C. septempunctata |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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H. quadripunctata |
6 |
20 |
18 |
11 |
22 |
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A. novemdecimpunctata |
5 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
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C. quatuordecimguttata |
8 |
16 |
20 |
1 |
14 |
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P. quatuordecimpunctata |
6 |
3 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
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E. quadripustulatus |
1 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
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Offspring of injected females were tested by PCR for Spiroplasma infection when adults. Numbers of infected males and females from each species are shown separately. The Adalia species produced no males. Coccinella septempunctata produced no fertile eggs, but clutches did carry the bacterium. The number of matrilines from which the offspring tested were derived is shown (N). |
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Tinsley and Majerus BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:238 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-238 |
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