Haemolymph from female beetles infected with Hymenolepis diminuta metacestodes retards the development of ovarian follicles in recipient Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera)

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-179

  Major, M ^a   Webb, T J ^a   Hurd, H ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fecundity reduction; host parasite interaction; Hymenolepis diminuta; juvenile hormone; Tenebrio molitor; vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HYMENOLEPIS; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; TENEBRIO;

EID: 0031053005     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008281     Document Type: Article

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