Transgenerational induction of defences in animals and plants

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6748, 1999, Pages 60-63

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Laforsch, Christian ^b   Tollrian, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033517287     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43425     Document Type: Article

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