Amino acid composition of the protein in pre-emergence nests of a paper wasp, Polistes chinensis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-375

  Kudo K ^a   Yamamoto, H ^b   Yamane, Sô ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Nest material; Oral secretion; Polistes chinensis; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; NEST; PROTEIN;

POLISTES CHINENSIS;

EID: 0034530070     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001733     Document Type: Article

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