Introducing improvements in the mass rearing of the housefly: Biological, morphometric and genetic characterization of laboratory strains

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 486-493

  Pastor, B ^a   Martinez Sanchez A S ^a   Stahls G A ^b   Rojo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

centroid size; egg production; geographic origin; hybrids; sex determining systems; strain variability

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; REARING; SEX DETERMINATION;

HEXAPODA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MANURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BREEDING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; HOUSE FLY; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MANURE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; VENEZUELA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BREEDING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HOUSEFLIES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MANURE; PHYLOGENY; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENEZUELA; WING;

EID: 84903714847     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000748531400025X     Document Type: Article

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