Sex ratios of Coccophagus atratus compere (Hymenoptera:Aphelinidae) in relation to host availability
The mode of sex determination in most Hymenoptera is that of arrhenotokous parthenogenesis, i.e. females originate from fertilised eggs and males develop parthenogenetically from unfertilised ones. Females can therefore determine the sex of each of their offspring by controlling fertilisation. This...
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Rhodes University
1985
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004933 |