Two distinct reproductive strategies are correlated with an ovarian phenotype in co-existing parthenogenetic strains of a parasitic wasp

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1189-1195

  Beck, Markus ^a   Reineke, Annette ^a   Lorenz, Heidrun ^a   Theopold, Ulrich ^a   Schmidt, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Host competition; Reproductive strategy; Super parasitism; Venturia canescens; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PARASITISM; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WASP;

PHACELIA CONGESTA; VENTURIA CANESCENS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034849627     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(01)00102-0     Document Type: Article

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