Female size constrains egg size via the influence of reproductive organ size and resource storage in the seed beetle Callosobruchus chinensis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1432-1437

  Yanagi, Shin Ichi ^a   Tuda, Midori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Callosobruchus chinensis; Egg size; Morphological constraint; Ovipositor width; Physiological constraint

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SEED; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CYTOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM;

ANIMALIA; BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84867868059     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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