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Egg survival is reduced by grave-soil microbes in the carrion beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides

BACKGROUND: Nicrophorus vespilloides eggs are deposited into the soil in close proximity to the decomposing vertebrate carcasses that these insects use as an obligate resource to rear their offspring. Eggs in this environment potentially face significant risks from the bacteria that proliferate in t...

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Autores principales: Jacobs, Chris G C, Wang, Yin, Vogel, Heiko, Vilcinskas, Andreas, van der Zee, Maurijn, Rozen, Daniel E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25260512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0208-x