Complementary sex determination in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia vestalis (C. plutellae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 340-348

  De Boer, J G ^a   Ode, P J ^b   Vet, L E M ^c,d   Whitfield, J ^e   Heimpel, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental mortality; Diamondback moth; Diploid males; Inbreeding; Mating system; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

INBREEDING; PARASITOID; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DETERMINATION; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

COTESIA; COTESIA PLUTELLAE; COTESIA VESTALIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 33845712417     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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