The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in large blue butterflies

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7015, 2004, Pages 386-390

  Als, Thomas D ^a,b,g   Vila, Roger ^b   Kandul, Nikolai P ^b   Nash, David R ^c   Yen, Shen Horn ^d,e   Hsu, Yu Feng ^f   Mignault, André A ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a,c   Pierce, Naomi E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENUS; PARASITIC LIFE HISTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; LIFE CYCLE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESEARCH;

ECOLOGY;

BUTTERFLY; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BUTTERFLY; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BAYES THEOREM; BUTTERFLIES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

CUCULIDAE; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 9244226569     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03020     Document Type: Article

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