A viral aphrodisiac in the cricket Gryllus texensis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1970-1976

  Adamo, Shelley A ^a   Kovalko, Ilya ^a   Easy, Russell H ^a   Stoltz, Don ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parasitic manipulation; Sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted infection; Sickness behaviour; STI

Indexed keywords

GRYLLUS TEXENSIS;

APHRODISIAC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRIDOVIRUS; MALE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERMATOZOON; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COPULATION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRIDOVIRUS; MALE; OVARY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84904701613     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.103408     Document Type: Article

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