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On the Eyes of Male Coffee Berry Borers as Rudimentary Organs

The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, is the most damaging insect pest of coffee worldwide. Like males in other species in the genus, male coffee berry borers have a lower number of facets in the compound eyes than females. The rudimentary eyes in male coffee berry borers could be an evolutio...

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Autores principales: Vega, Fernando E., Simpkins, Ann, Bauchan, Gary, Infante, Francisco, Kramer, Matthew, Land, Michael F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085860