Directional asymmetry reversal of male copulatory organs in chafer beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Implications on left-right polarity determination in insect terminalia

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-117

  Ahrens, D ^a   Lago, P K ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry reversal; Genitalia; Left right polarity; Sericini; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BEETLE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELOLONTHINAE; SCARABAEIDAE; TERMINALIA;

EID: 42149139566     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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