Manganese and zinc in the ovipositors and mandibles of hymenopterous insects

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-396

  Quicke, Donald L J ^a,b   Wyeth, Paul ^c   Fawke, James D ^c   Basibuyuk, Hasan H ^b,d,e   Vincent, Julian F V ^f  

^a CABI   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Hymenoptera; Insecta; Mandible; Manganese; Ovipositor; Phylogeny; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032218138     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb00583.x     Document Type: Article

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