University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Biochemical and cell biological studies of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila
Abstract
dc:descriptionCytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), a name given to the phenomenon by Laven (1959), results in high levels of egg mortality. CI arises when females of one strain are mated to males of another strain (usually from geographically separated regions): such crosses yield few or no progeny. CI has been linked to the presence of a Rickettsia-like endosymbiont inhabiting the gonads of infected animals. Though originally discovered in mosquitoes, CI has now been observed in a diverse array of insects including mosquitoes (Aedes group), beetles (Tribolium confusum), moths (Ephestia cautella), wasps (Nasonia vitripennis), and flies (Drosophila simulans). The cellular and molecular mechanisms of CI are not known.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Cell & Developmental Biology
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Boyle, Lee Ann
- Contributors dc:contributor
-
- Karr, Timothy L.
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
-
- Copyright 1993 Boyle, Lee Ann
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
-
AAI9411573
(UMI)AAI9411573 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19010