Developmental patterns in the polyembryonic parasitoid wasp Copidosoma koehleri

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-90

  Segoli, Michal ^a   Bouskila, Amos ^a   Harari, Ally R ^a,b   Keasar, Tamar ^c,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brood size; Copidosoma koehleri; Host parasite interactions; Phthorimaea opercullela; Polyembryony; Soldier caste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BROOD PARASITE; COPIDOSOMA KOEHLERI; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; HOST; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; WASP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MOTHS; WASPS;

COPIDOSOMA KOEHLERI; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA;

EID: 55249102879     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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