Phenoloxidase activity and melanization do not always covary with sexual trait expression in Hetaerina damselflies (Insecta: Calopterygidae)

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1285-1307

  Gonzalez Santoyo I ^a   Cordoba Aguilar A ^a   Gonzalez Tokman D M ^a   Lanz Mendoza, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

damselflies; melanization; phenoloxidase; pigmentation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CALOPTERYGIDAE; HETAERINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 77956029220     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X516777     Document Type: Article

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