Genetics of oviposition success of a thelytokous fairyfly parasitoid, Anagrus delicatus

Heredity

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-54

  Cronin, James T ^a,b   Strong, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagrus delicatus; Fecundity; Genetic variability; Oviposition behaviour; Parasitoid quantitative genetics; Prokelisia marginata

Indexed keywords

ANAGRUS DELICATUS;

EID: 0030062823     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.6     Document Type: Article

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