Mating, parasites and other trials of life in social insects

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 515-520

  Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Mating strategy; Parasitism; Social insects

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034129722     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00316-6     Document Type: Review

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