Quantitative genetic analysis of fitness-related traits in the soldier-producing aphid, Pseudoregma bambucicola (Homoptera: Aphididae): Genetic variation and costs of soldier production

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-68

  Shibao, Harunobu ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony level stabilizing selection; Eusociality; Pseudoregma bambucicola; Quantitative genetics; Soldier producing costs

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA MULTIPLEX; HEMIPTERA; PSEUDOREGMA BAMBUCICOLA;

EID: 0033241042     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.57     Document Type: Article

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