Haploid females in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis

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作者
Beukeboom, Leo W.
Kamping, Albert
Louter, Marina
Pijnacker, Laas P.
Katju, Vaishali
Ferree, Patrick M.
Werren, John H.
机构
[1] Univ Groningen, Ctr Ecol & Evolut Studies, NL-9750 AA Haren, Netherlands
[2] Univ Rochester, Dept Biol, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[3] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Mol Cell & Dev Biol, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
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10.1126/science.1133388
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Although males in most Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants, and certain flies) are haploid and produced from unfertilized eggs, haploid females are found in a parasitic wasp.
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页码:206 / 206
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