A Parasitoid Wasp Manipulates the Drive for Walking of Its Cockroach Prey

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 877-882

  Gal, Ram ^a   Libersat, Frederic ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

ECO_EVOL

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DRUG EFFECT; GANGLION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT BITE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; WASP;

ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; WALKING; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 45249100301     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.076     Document Type: Article

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