Egg size, contents, and quality: Maternal-age and -size effects on house fly eggs

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1544-1551

  McIntyre, G S ^a   Gooding, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE; MATERNAL EFFECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0033758477     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z00-086     Document Type: Article

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