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Sexual reproduction in the white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi [Peck] [Coleoptera: Curculionidae]): implications for population genetic diversity.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Lewis K G, Liewlaksaneeyanawin C, Alfaro R I, Ritland C, Ritland K, El-Kassaby Y A
Abstract excerpt
Controlled mating experiments in the white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi [Peck]) indicated that female weevils either stored sperm or fertilized eggs from one season to the next, and were able to colonize Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.) trees without additional mating events. This was interpreted as being beneficial for the insect, in that population establishment in a new habitat could be initiated...
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