Genetic covariation between effectiveness and cost of defence in aphids

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 674-676

  Vorburger, Christoph ^a   Gouskov, Alexandre ^a   Von Burg, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost of defence; Fecundity; Myzus persicae; Parasitoids; Resistance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; APHID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITISM; POTATO; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

APHID; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APHIDIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 58149234160     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0382     Document Type: Article

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