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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.
National Institutes of Health
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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
M. Smith
,
Josephine J. Rodriguez
,
+4 authors
P. Hebert
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008
Corpus ID: 38164196
We DNA barcoded 2,597 parasitoid wasps belonging to 6 microgastrine braconid genera reared from parapatric tropical dry forest…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Facultative bacterial symbionts in aphids confer resistance to parasitic wasps
K. Oliver
,
J. Russell
,
N. Moran
,
M. S. Hunter
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2003
Corpus ID: 2489886
Symbiotic relationships between animals and microorganisms are common in nature, yet the factors controlling the abundance and…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Plant volatiles as a defense against insect herbivores
Pare
,
Tumlinson
Plant Physiology
1999
Corpus ID: 5052705
Leaves normally release small quantities of volatile chemicals, but when a plant is damaged by herbivorous insects, many more…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Induction of filopodium formation by a WASP-related actin-depolymerizing protein N-WASP
H. Miki
,
Takuya Sasaki
,
Y. Takai
,
T. Takenawa
Nature
1998
Corpus ID: 4363890
Cdc42 is a small GTPase of the Rho family which regulates the formation of actin filaments to generate filopodia,. Although there…
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Natural history and evolution of paper-wasps
S. Turillazzi
,
M. West-Eberhard
1996
Corpus ID: 82758239
1. Polistes: analysis of a society 2. Phylogeny and biogeography of Polistes 3. Learning, individual programs, and higher-level…
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Review
1995
Review
1995
How caterpillar-damaged plants protect themselves by attracting parasitic wasps.
T. C. Turlings
,
John H. Loughrin
,
P. McCall
,
U. S. Röse
,
W. J. Lewis
,
J. Tumlinson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1995
Corpus ID: 32263083
Parasitic and predatory arthropods often prevent plants from being severely damaged by killing herbivores as they feed on the…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
beta-Glucosidase: an elicitor of herbivore-induced plant odor that attracts host-searching parasitic wasps.
L. Mattiacci
,
M. Dicke
,
M. Posthumus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1995
Corpus ID: 2205163
Cabbage plants respond to caterpillar (Pieris brassicae) herbivory by releasing a mixture of volatiles that makes them highly…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Exploitation of Herbivore-Induced Plant Odors by Host-Seeking Parasitic Wasps
T. C. Turlings
,
J. Tumlinson
,
W. Lewis
Science
1990
Corpus ID: 13430669
Corn seedlings release large amounts of terpenoid volatiles after they have been fed upon by caterpillars. Artificially damaged…
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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…
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Review
1972
Review
1972
Bee and wasp venoms.
E. Habermann
Science
1972
Corpus ID: 5289195
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