Effect of male densities on sex ratio variations of the predatory gall midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Monogeny, the production of unisexual broods by individual females, is a well-known characteristic in several species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Theoretical models have proposed that monogeny may provide a system by which the arrhenogenic/thelygenic females can optionally raise or lowe...

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Main Authors: Seyed Mohammad Tabadkani, Hossein Allahyari, Farhad Farhoudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2012-09-01
Series:Arthropods
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Online Access:http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2012-1(3)/effect-of-male-densities-on-sex-ratio-variations.pdf