Quantification and ultrastructure of oosorption in Eretmocerus eremicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1066-1074

  Asplen, Mark K ^a   Byrne, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorion; Oocyte; Oosorption; Ovigeny; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; OVIPOSITION;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33748483269     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10459     Document Type: Article

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