Do fig wasps produce mixed paternity clutches?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-362

  Zavodna, M ^a,b   Compton, S G ^b   Raja, S ^b   Gilmartin, P M ^b   Van Damme, J M M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Liporrhopalum; Mating system; Microsatellites; Paternity; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AGAONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LIPORRHOPALUM; LIPORRHOPALUM TENTACULARIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18744398806     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-005-3695-1     Document Type: Article

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