Host gender and offspring quality in a flea parasitic on a rodent

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3299-3304

  Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Serobyan, Vahan ^a   Degen, A Allan ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body size; Development; Ectoparasitism; Fleas; Gender; Host quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATION; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; XENOPSYLLA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; XENOPSYLLA;

MERIONES CRASSUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 77956856987     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046565     Document Type: Article

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