Search for dissertations about: "Cynipidae"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Cynipidae.

  1. 1. Phylogeny and evolution of gall wasps : (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

    Author : Johan Liljeblad; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Steklar; Hymenoptera;

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  2. 2. Bayesian Phylogenetics and the Evolution of Gall Wasps

    Author : Johan A. A. Nylander; Fredrik Ronquist; Sydney A. Cameron; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology; Bayesian analysis; Bayes factors; Cynipidae; gall wasps; MCMC; model averaging; model selection; phylogeny; total evidence; Biologi; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of the gall-inducing wasps belonging to the family Cynipidae. Several previous studies have used morphological data to reconstruct the evolution of the family. READ MORE

  3. 3. Gall induction in gall wasps (Cynipidae s. lat.) : Insights from comparative genomics

    Author : Erik Gobbo; Fredrik Ronquist; Scott Egan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; gall induction; comparative genomics; evolution; selection analysis; microbiome; Systematic Zoology; zoologisk systematik och evolutionsforskning;

    Abstract : Cynipidae are a family of wasps (Hymenoptera), whose larval stages develop inside plant galls, that is, abnormal plant structures formed in response to the presence of foreign organisms. Most cynipids are gall inducers and are often capable of notable levels of host manipulation. READ MORE