Teratocytes of the solitary endoparasitoid Meteorus gyrator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Morphology, numbers and possible functions

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-343

  Bell, Howard A ^a   Kirkbride Smith, Anne E ^a   Marris, Gay C ^a   Edwards, John P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune suppression; Lacanobia oleracea; Noctuid; Teratocytes

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LACANOBIA OLERACEA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METEORUS;

EID: 4444284573     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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