Development of polyembryonic insects: A major departure from typical insect embryogenesis

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-81

  Grbić, Miodrag ^a,c,d   Nagy, Lisa M ^b   Strand, Micheal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Evolution of development; Insects; Morphogenesis; Polyembryony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; INSECT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASP;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; WASPS;

COPIDOSOMA FLORIDANUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031744870     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050156     Document Type: Article

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