Maternal effects on progeny body size and color in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: Examination of a current view

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 612-618

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a   Maeno, Koutaro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg size; Hatchling body color; Maternal inheritance; Phase change; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BODY SIZE; COLOR MORPH; EGG SIZE; LOCUST; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONE; POPULATION DENSITY; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; OVARY; OVIPARITY; OVUM; PHEROMONES; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 40849146959     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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