Heritability and physiological correlates of migratory tendency in the grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-380

  Kent Jr , Jack W ^a   Rankin, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlates; Heritability; Lipid mobilization; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Migration; Threshold trait

Indexed keywords

GRASSHOPPER; HERITABILITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACRIDIDAE; FABRICIUS; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0035670513     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6962.2001.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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