Age-Dependent Constraints of Sex Allocation in a Parasitoid Wasp
The offspring sex ratios of parasitoid wasps often depend on the age of ovipositing females. Physiological constraints such as sperm depletion and senescence are a likely cause. Also, maternal control in response to female age may be an alternative explanation. Here valvifer or abdominal tip movemen...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley
2014-01-01
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Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/363174 |
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