Selection alters the pattern of emergence from the host cadaver in the entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema glaseri

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-189

  Stuart, R J ^a,b   Lewis, E E ^a   Gaugler, R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergence; genetics; selection; sex ratio; size; Steinernema glaseri

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION; NEMATODE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA GLASERI;

EID: 0029792516     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066427     Document Type: Article

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