Increased male sex ratio among brachypterous progeny in Melittobia femorata, a sib-mating parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 443-448

  Matthews, Robert W ^a   Deyrup, Leif D ^a   GonzÁlez, Jorge M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Local mate competition; Melittobia; Polymorphism; Sib mating; Trypoxylon politum; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748934748     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2005.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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