Adaptive significance of changes in morph production during the transition from parthenogenetic to sexual reproduction in the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-99

  Austin, A B M ^a,c   Tatchell, G M ^b,d   Harrington, R ^b   Bale, J S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002169727     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300052317     Document Type: Article

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