Microsatellite frequency and size variation in the parthenogenetic parasitic wasp Venturia canescens (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-384

  Butcher, R D J ^a   Hubbard, S F ^a   Whitfield, W G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Microsatellite; Parasitoid; Parthenogenetic; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; SIZE; TETRANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, INSECT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARTHENOGENESIS; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; VENTURIA CANESCENS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033812075     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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