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Multiple Mating and Family Structure of the Western Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma californicum pluviale: Impact on Disease Resistance

BACKGROUND: Levels of genetic diversity can strongly influence the dynamics and evolutionary changes of natural populations. Survival and disease resistance have been linked to levels of genetic diversity in eusocial insects, yet these relationships remain untested in gregarious insects where diseas...

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Autores principales: Franklin, Michelle T., Ritland, Carol E., Myers, Judith H., Cory, Jenny S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22655050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037472