A review of the consequences of complementary sex determination and diploid male production on mating failures in the Hymenoptera

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-164

  Harpur, Brock A ^a   Sobhani, Mona ^a   Zayed, Amro ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extinction; Inbreeding; Matched mating; Primary sex ratio; Sterility; Triploid females; Viability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BROOD PARASITISM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLY; INBREEDING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VIABILITY;

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84872419803     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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