Character-specific homeostasis dominates fluctuating asymmetries in the medfly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-82

  Hasson, O ^a   Rossler, Y ^b  

^a Citrus Marketing Board of Israel ^*  (Israel)

^b Israel Cohen Inst for Biol Control   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Developmental homeostasis; Fluctuating asymmetry; Sexual selection medfly

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0037790642     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0073:cshdfa]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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