Inbreeding in the arrhenotokous predatorMetaseiulus occidentalis(Nesbitt)(Acari: Phytoseiidae)
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Acarology
- Vol. 3 (2), 117-121
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01647957708683088
Abstract
Nine generations of inbreeding by sibmating in Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt)(Acari: Phytoseiidae) caused minimal depression as measured by viability and sex ratio of progeny and by longevity and productivity of inbred females compared to random bred and hybrid females.Keywords
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