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entomology
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
02/27/2011

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resilin
Definition
resilient, elastic, flubber
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arthropodins
Definition
soluble, fleixible, stretchy
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procuticle
Definition
formed by a glycoprotein complex
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apodeme, apophysis, phragma
Definition
any ingrowth of outer skeleton (name the two types as well)
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primary segmentation
Definition
muscles attached at intersegmental ridges
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prostomium
Definition
anterior end of primitive body segments
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periproct
Definition
posterior end of primitive body segments
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serially homologous
Definition
insect mouthparts and legs (relates to structres from different segments - metamere derived)
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prostomium + 4 metameres (pro- already with antennae [archicerebrum] proto and deuto) 1 (second antenne of crustacea) trito 234 mand max labium (p + 1 = brain)
Definition
SNODGRASS
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prostomium + 6 metameres (pros = acron - proto) 1 (labral segment - deuto)2 (antennal segment - deuto) 3 intercalary sgement - trito - lost appendage) 456 (p + 123 = brain)
Definition
REMPEL
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tentorium
Definition
fusion of anterior and posterior arms embryologically
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sucking mouthpart
Definition
maxilla inside, mandible next cover, labium = protective sheathe ; evolved independently
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combination mouthpart
Definition
maxilla = sheathe, labium extends down and does the sucking, labial palpus is another sheathe
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anterior tentorial pit
Definition
along frontoclypeal suture
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pterothorax
Definition
=meso + metathorax
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notum
Definition
tergum of thorax
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anterior and posterior notal wing process
Definition
notal parts of thorax that bear wings
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pleural suture, pleural wing process, pleural coxal process, episternum, epimeron, basalare, subalare
Definition
pleuron derived from subcoxal elements of ancestral limb
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thoracic endoskeleton
Definition
fusion of sternal and pleural apophyses
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insects terrestrial, control during fall, would require 2dary evolution of articulation traheation innervation venation musculature
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paranotal lobe hypothesis
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insects aquatic with gills - preap(ventilation, swimming) tracheal gils and wings of some insect groups are possibly serially homologous, but would require multiple independent invasions onto land and most lose gills when they mature
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gill hypothesis
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terrestrial, preap= thermoregulation or ventilation or sowmming, wings evolved from basal-most segment of ancestral limb (epicoxa) wing is from an epicoxal exite)
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epicoxal hypothesis
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costa, subcosta, radius, media, cubitus, anal veins
Definition
order of wing veins (ant to post)
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cerci, styli, caudal filaments, gills
Definition
podite derived appendages of abdomen (1st) then other appendages
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f (8 and 9) m (9)
Definition
genital segments (# metamere)
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10 and 11
Definition
postgenital segment (# metamere)
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2 sets of muscles connect to clypeus and frons for sucking to create a vacuum
Definition
musculature of the stomodaeum
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peritrophic membrane
Definition
protection of midgut epithelium (b/c its only 1 cell thick) , lubrication, structure (chitin protein meshwork)
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sleeve, dropnet
Definition
methods of deposition of peritrophic membrane
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inner= longitudinal muscles; outer=circular muscles
Definition
pharynx (stomodaeum), and proctodaeum
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inner = circular muscles, outer = longitudinal
Definition
gastric caecae, mesenteron (as opposed to stomodaeum)
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rectal pads
Definition
in rectum, secondarily desclerotized areas of absorption for critical materials)
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spiracles
Definition
up to 2 pairs in thorax, 8 in abdomen, ectodermal origin
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atrium
Definition
opening of spiracle
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peritreme
Definition
surrounding sclerite of spiracles (atrium)
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tracheae
Definition
larger part of ventilatory system (+ air sacs) ectodermal origin
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taenidia
Definition
reinfored walls of trachea; spiralled thickenings for support structure
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tracheoles
Definition
counterpart of mammalian capillaries
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dorsal vessel
Definition
midline dorsal part of circulatory system
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ostia
Definition
paired segmental openings in hind region of dorsal vessel
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aorta
Definition
anterior region of dorsal vessel
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accessory pulsatile organs
Definition
associated with bases of legs, wings, flaps associated to get blood to extremities
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pericardial, perivisceral, perineural separated by dorsal (alary muscles) and ventral diaphragm
Definition
3 cavities and the 2 divisions of the cross section of the body (cv system)
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ammonia (most efficient, most toxic) urea, uric acid (most insects)
Definition
nitrogenous wastes
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malpighian tubules
Definition
lead to proctadeal valve, usually 6 of them (extract nitrogenous waste from haemocoele and dumb into gut for excretion)
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cryp
Definition
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cryptonephridial system
Definition
for water conservation, partnership between rectum and malpighian tubules, very energy expensive process, laced into anterior end of rectum and distributed back into hemocoele
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pleural wing process
Definition
wing base rests on this structure, forms the fulcrum
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notum pulled up, wing forced down (longitudinal muscles), basalar muscles contract to depress anterior wing margin; tugs front end of wing down (cuts through air)
Definition
pronation
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notum depressed, wing forced up, subalar muscles contract to depress posterior wing margin, back end of wing goes down while front end goes up = lift
Definition
supination
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indirect flight, most insect flight done this way
Definition
kind of flight where flight muscles deforms thoracic box
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direct flight, use of axillary sclerites
Definition
type of flight where flight muscles act on base of wing; use of what sclerites?
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because of flying buttress (all muscles will do is misform the notum)
Definition
why does notum move and not sternum or pleuron?
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gonads, converging ducts, common duct, gonopore
Definition
paired system (reproductive system pathway)
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panoistic
Definition
ovarioles- no nurse cells, primitive
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meroistic
Definition
ovarioles - derived with nurse cells
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trophocytes (note "troph")
Definition
nurse cells =
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telotrophic
Definition
nurse cells in germarium, nutritive cord present
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polytrophic
Definition
nurse cells move down length of ovarioles with developing gamees
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apterygote insects
Definition
spermatophore fertilized externally with no copulation
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always with copulation
Definition
if no spermatophore always _______
Term
REVIEW WHAT'S IN A GONAD PROCESSES AND DIAGRAMS
Definition
REVIEW WHATS IN A GONAD PROCESSES AND DIAGRAMS
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testicular follicles ~
Definition
ovarioles ~ mes
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vas efferens ~
Definition
pedicel ~ mes
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vas deferens ~
Definition
lateral oviduct ~ mes
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seminal vesicle ~
Definition
calyx ~ mes
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ejaculatory duct ~
Definition
common oviduct + vagnia ~ ect
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accessory gland ~
Definition
accessory glands ~ ect
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none ~
Definition
spermatheca ~ ect
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external genitalia ~
Definition
ovipositor ~
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up to 3 in thorax (typically large ganglionic masses) ; up to 8 in abdomen
Definition
location of ganglionic masses (thorax and abdomen) and how many
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an evolutionary trend, whereby nervous tissue, over many generations, becomes concentrated toward one end of an organism. This process eventually produces a head region with sensory organs
Definition
cephalization
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stomatogastric nervous system
Definition
innervates stomadaeum and mesenteron (ex - if crop is distended too much, signals sent via this system)
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ommatidium (facet)
Definition
functional unit of a compound eye
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cornea
Definition
secreted by 2 modified epidermal cells, where light first enters
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crystalline cone
Definition
4 cells, focuses light
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primary pigment cells
Definition
surround crystalline cone, absorbs light
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retinular cells
Definition
6-8 of them, each contributes a rhabdomere
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rhabdome
Definition
formed from 6-8 retinular cells; nerve impulse initiated here from reaction of photosensitive pigment and light
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rhabdomere
Definition
tightly packed microtubules perpendicular to the central axis of ommatidium
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secondary pigment cells
Definition
surround retinula
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apposition eye
Definition
for strong light, highest resolution, ommatidium receives light only from its own lens system
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superposition images
Definition
rhabdom separated from lens system by clear region
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light adapted eye (superposition imagery, but apposition phase)
Definition
2ndary pigment cells migrage to clear region
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dark adapted eye
Definition
superposition phase, 2ndary pigment cells migrate toward lens system away from clear region
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ocelli
Definition
single cuticular lens, focuses light on underlying rhabdomal region, no immage formed (good in nocturnal insects)
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stemmata
Definition
larval eye, single cuticular lens, forms gorss image on rhabdom, rough mosaic immage, function like cmpd eye but look like ocelli
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mechanoreceptors
Definition
detect relative posistions of body parts (proprioreceptors)
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trichoid sensilla
Definition
mechanoreceptor - seta, tactile, detects movement of seta
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campaniform sensilla
Definition
mechanoreceptor, oval dome like, raise or lower as exoskeleoton mechanically strained
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chordotonal organs
Definition
internal mechanoreceptors
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subgenual organs
Definition
chordotonal organ (mechanoreceptor)- registers vibration in tibia (vibrations)
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tympanal organs
Definition
chordotonal organ (mechanoreceptor) - hear with proximal end of prothoracic tibia, picks up sound waves (vibrations)
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Johnston's organ
Definition
chordotonal organ (mechanoreceptor)- in pedicel -movements of base of flagellum (movements)
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stretch receptors
Definition
(mechanoreceptor)- internal - register tension between connective and muscle tissue, along gut and in abdomen
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chemoreceptors
Definition
sensors for taste and smell, derived from setae
Term
gustatory
Definition
taste
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trichoid sensilla
Definition
chemoreceptors - taste, mouthparts, tarsi, also mechanoreceptors
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basiconic sensilla
Definition
chemoreceptors - smell- peg-like, thin walled, multiporous, project above cuticle (antenna, mouthparts, ovipositor)
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coeloconic sensilla
Definition
chemoreceptors - sensory peg stuck in cutiular pit, commonly on antennae and mouuthparts
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plate organs
Definition
chemoreceptors - round flat, perforated, porous , commonly on antennae, aphids ,bees (olfactory)
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anemotaxis
Definition
body orientation relative to wind
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geotaxis
Definition
body orientation relative to gravity
Term
semiochemicals
Definition
chemicals influencing behavior that are secreted to outside, (affect another individual)
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1pheromone 2 primer 3 releaser
Definition
semiochemical - 1 intraspecific 2 long term effect (social insects) 3 immediate effect (sex, aggregation, alarm)
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1 allomone 2 myrmecophiles
Definition
semiochemical - interspecific - 1 benefit to sender 2 benefit to both sender and receiver of message ex.
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kairomone
Definition
semiochemical - benefit to receiver of chemical (typically related to feeding) examples given are at expense of sender
Term
cantharidin (plants)
Definition
example of allomone and kairomone
Term
oenocytes
Definition
blood components of epidermal origin
Term
cement layer, wax layer, protein epicuticle
Definition
3 layers of epicuticle (lacks chitin)
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cement layer
Definition
protects wax layer, secreted by dermal glands
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wax layer
Definition
reduce water lose, secreted by epidermal cells via pore canals
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protein epicuticle
Definition
first step of making a new cuticle b4 molting
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procuticle
Definition
contains chitin, arthropodins, resilin
Term
exocuticle
Definition
hardened, sclerotized, often dark color, quinone tanning
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endocuticle
Definition
thickest of all cuticulin layers (flexible- arthopodial membrane), gets digested and conserved
Term
exuvae
Definition
old cuticular matter that wasnt digested
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epidermis
Definition
molting - digestion of old cuticle (for wound repair too + new stuff needed), deposition of new cuticle (single cell layer)
Term
pore canals
Definition
products of epidermal layer go to procuticle and epicuticle via ______
Term
basement membrane
Definition
connective tissue, secreted by certain hemocytes
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structural colors
Definition
seletive refletion
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pigment colors
Definition
selective absorption
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brain hormone
Definition
neurosecretory cells secrete this _____
Term
corpora cardiaca
Definition
receives brain hormone, produces hormones that regulate blood sugar (trehalose) heartbean fatty acid [] movement of malphighian tubules
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prothoracic glands
Definition
produce molting hormones, degenerate in pterygota, stimluated by brain hormone, produce ecdysosones
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ecdysosones
Definition
precursors which stimulate epidermis to initiate the molting process
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corpora allata
Definition
produce juvenile hormones; (pauro hemi) (holo) (pterygota)
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juveile hormones
Definition
inhibit differentiation to adult
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voltinism
Definition
# of generations per year, uni, bi, multi
Term
quiescence
Definition
developmental delay
Term
diapause
Definition
long-term arrested development (obiligatory -uni) (facultative- multi) may be induced by ecdysosones, JH concentrations
Term
holoblastic cleavge
Definition
little yolk present, entire egg divides
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meroblastic cleavage
Definition
copious yolk, only nuclei undergo mitosis (diplura, insecta)
Term
oviparous
Definition
egg laid, dev away from parent, yolk reserves, oviposits eggs, eclosion external
Term
ovoviviparous
Definition
egg= embryonic, internal dev, yolk reserves, ecolsion internal, larviposits immatures
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viviparous
Definition
egg=embryonic, internal dev, nourished in part by female, elclosion internal, larviposits immagures, sometimes nutritive cords attached to immatures
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polyembryony
Definition
2- 1000s individ from single emryo, needs homogenous microenvironment and lots of food
Term
paedogenesis
Definition
immatures able to reproduce
Term
parthenogenesis
Definition
development of new individuals from non-fertilized egs (obligate, facultative, cyclical, geographic)
Term
1) arrhenotoky (haplodiploidy) 2) thelytoky 3) amphitoky (deutorotoky)
Definition
sex of parthenogenic offspring: 1) only males (unfertilized egg = male, fert =female) 2) only females (most common, assoc with obligate) 3) both produced (assoc with cyclical)
Term
apomictic
Definition
meiosis 1
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automictic
Definition
get recombination
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