Genetic variation of sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp Heterospilus prosopidis

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2659-2664

  Kobayashi, Aya ^a,c   Tanaka, Yoshinari ^b   Shimada, Masakazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Braconidae; Half sib analysis; Heritability; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; PARASITOID; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANIMALIA; BRACONIDAE; HETEROSPILUS PROSOPIDIS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0345094917     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01510.x     Document Type: Article

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