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HEREDITARY BEHAVIOR VARIATION IN OVIPOSITION PATTERNS IN THE PARASITE NASONIA VITRIPENNIS (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Peter C. Chabora
Peter C. Chabora
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Limnology, New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Iohaca
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Abstract

Two strains of the pupal ectoparasite Nasonia vitripennis (Walk.) originally derived from a single laboratory strain exhibited differences in the proportion of adjacent hosts attacked by the parasite following 65 weeks (approximately 32 generations) in experimental parasite–host systems. Strain I parasitized a greater number of adjacent hosts (19.9%) than strain II in the first generation after removal from the multi-cell system. The difference between the two strains and the laboratory strain decreased from the first to the fourth generation indicating a reversion toward a behavior pattern more akin to that of the laboratory strain.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 7 , July 1967 , pp. 763 - 765
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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