Multiple mating and family structure of the Western tent caterpillar, Malacosoma Californicum pluviale: Impact on disease resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Franklin, Michelle T ^a   Ritland, Carol E ^b   Myers, Judith H ^b   Cory, Jenny S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERPILLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; LD 50; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM PLUVIALE; MATING; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNITY; POLYANDRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; ANIMAL; CANADA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIROLOGY;

HEXAPODA; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84861352743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037472     Document Type: Article

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