Volume 100, Issue 2, February 2013

ISSN: 0028-1042 (Print) 1432-1904 (Online)

In this issue (11 articles)

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    Different patterns of oviposition learning in two closely related ectoparasitoid wasps with contrasting reproductive strategies

    Kôji Sasakawa, Kenta Uchijima, Harunobu Shibao, Masakazu Shimada Pages 117-124
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    Model microgravity enhances endothelium differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

    Xiaofeng Zhang, Yayun Nan, Huan Wang, Jun Chen, Nanding Wang… Pages 125-133
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    Identification and electrophysiological studies of (4S,5S)-5-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-heptanone and 4-methyl-3,5-heptanedione in male lucerne weevils

    C. R. Unelius, K.-C. Park, M. McNeill, S. L. Wee, B. Bohman… Pages 135-143
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    Preen gland removal increases plumage bacterial load but not that of feather-degrading bacteria

    Gábor Árpád Czirják, Péter László Pap, Csongor István Vágási… Pages 145-151
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    Identification and characterization of an Apis cerana cerana Delta class glutathione S-transferase gene (AccGSTD) in response to thermal stress

    Huiru Yan, Haihong Jia, Xiuling Wang, Hongru Gao, Xingqi Guo… Pages 153-163
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    Chicken-sized oviraptorid dinosaurs from central China and their ontogenetic implications

    Junchang Lü, Philip J. Currie, Li Xu, Xingliao Zhang, Hanyong Pu… Pages 165-175
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    Short- and long-range cues used by ground-dwelling parasitoids to find their host

    C. Goubert, C. Josso, P. Louâpre, A. M. Cortesero, D. Poinsot Pages 177-184
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    Contact toxicities of anuran skin alkaloids against the fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)

    Paul J. Weldon, Yasmin J. Cardoza, Robert K. Vander Meer… Pages 185-192
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    Short Communication

    Genomewide analysis indicates that queen larvae have lower methylation levels in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

    Yuan Yuan Shi, Wei Yu Yan, Zachary Y. Huang, Zi Long Wang… Pages 193-197
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    Asymmetries in commitment in an avian communication network

    Christoph Randler, Christian Vollmer Pages 199-203
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    Species-specific and female host-biased ectophoresy in the roundworm Caenorhabditis japonica

    Toyoshi Yoshiga, Yuji Ishikawa, Ryusei Tanaka, Mantaro Hironaka… Pages 205-208
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