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Wasps

Known as: Wasp 
Any of numerous winged hymenopterous insects of social as well as solitary habits and having formidable stings.
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HornetsVespaYellow Jackets

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HymenopteraInsectaVespidae
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology, and collections
We DNA barcoded 2,597 parasitoid wasps belonging to 6 microgastrine braconid genera reared from parapatric tropical dry forest… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Facultative bacterial symbionts in aphids confer resistance to parasitic wasps
Symbiotic relationships between animals and microorganisms are common in nature, yet the factors controlling the abundance and… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Plant volatiles as a defense against insect herbivores
Leaves normally release small quantities of volatile chemicals, but when a plant is damaged by herbivorous insects, many more… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Induction of filopodium formation by a WASP-related actin-depolymerizing protein N-WASP
Cdc42 is a small GTPase of the Rho family which regulates the formation of actin filaments to generate filopodia,. Although there… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Natural history and evolution of paper-wasps
1. Polistes: analysis of a society 2. Phylogeny and biogeography of Polistes 3. Learning, individual programs, and higher-level… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
How caterpillar-damaged plants protect themselves by attracting parasitic wasps.
Parasitic and predatory arthropods often prevent plants from being severely damaged by killing herbivores as they feed on the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
beta-Glucosidase: an elicitor of herbivore-induced plant odor that attracts host-searching parasitic wasps.
Cabbage plants respond to caterpillar (Pieris brassicae) herbivory by releasing a mixture of volatiles that makes them highly… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Exploitation of Herbivore-Induced Plant Odors by Host-Seeking Parasitic Wasps
Corn seedlings release large amounts of terpenoid volatiles after they have been fed upon by caterpillars. Artificially damaged… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
The theory of sex allocation.
  • E. Charnov
  • Monographs in population biology
  • 1984
  • Corpus ID: 8833776
This book is the first comprehensive treatment of sex allocation from the standpoint of modern evolutionary theory. It shows how… 
Review
1972
Review
1972
Bee and wasp venoms.
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