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The Acceleration of Development of Insects by Parasitism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. C. Varley  and
C. G. Butler
G. C. Varley
Affiliation:
From the Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge.
C. G. Butler
Affiliation:
From the Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge.
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Extract

1.Cases of accelerated development of insects due to parasitism are reviewed.

2.Two new cases are recorded.

3.The phenomenon is discussed in the light of Roubaud's study of the diapause.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1933 , pp. 263 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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