Trauma, disease and collateral damage: Conflict in cimicids

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1466, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Siva Jothy, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afrocimex; Bed bug; Cimex; Sexual conflict; Spermalege; Traumatic insemination

Indexed keywords

INSECT; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMEX PILOSELLUS; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; POLYCTENIDAE;

ANIMAL; CIMICIDAE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CIMICIDAE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646584147     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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