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vertical transmission — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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vertical transmission

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on vertical transmission with 71 nodes and 215 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Beetles, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Populus.

Definition

Transmission of pathogens from parent to offspring, such as from founding queen to colony members

Publications (5)

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Annals of Entomological Society of America

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> a protective symbiont of aphids

Fitness costs of the aphid endosymbiont, <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i>

Rocky Mountain Bombus pathogen survey: Are invasive plants affecting pathogen prevalence and intensity?

Changes in mosquito community of Gunnison County since 1966

Related Concepts (10)

parasite-mediated risk assessment

hypothesis3 shared papers

horizontal transmission

process2 shared papers

trophallaxis

process2 shared papers

colony establishment

process2 shared papers

H. defensa prevalence

measurement2 shared papers

parasitoid attack rate

process2 shared papers

myrmecophily

phenomenon2 shared papers

Interspecies competition

phenomenon1 shared paper

mitochondrial DNA analysis

process1 shared paper

Predation

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Hamiltonella defensa

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae5 papers

Acyrthosiphon pisum

Aphididae5 papers

Obtusicauda frigidae

Aphididae5 papers

Buchnera aphidicola

Enterobacteriaceae5 papers

Lysiphlebus

Braconidae5 papers

Aphis fabae

Aphididae5 papers

Formica obscuripes

Formicidae5 papers

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Asteraceae4 papers

Tuberculatus quercicola