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| an organisms ability to reproduce and pass on characteristics to future generations relative to the rest of the population. |
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| the complex of food interactions among members of a community. |
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| the use of entomology to settle legal issues, particularly murders. |
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| a record of a dead organism. |
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| occurs when a small colonizing population, carrying a small percentage of potential species genetic diversity, expands to a very large population. |
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| In some Hymenoptera and all Isoptera, a life cycle in which the queen (and hence the colony) live for many years. |
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| a haploid reproductive cells, either egg or sperm. |
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| an organ which is part of the insect digestive system, which secretes digestive enzymes. Analogous to the pancreas of humans. |
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| a sequence of nucleotides that codes for a protein. |
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| the movement of genes from one population to another |
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| a life cycle; in insects, from egg to immature to adult and back to the egg. |
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| random changes in allele frequencies; occurs usually with there are small populations. |
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| the combination of alleles present in an organism's chromosomes. |
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| cells which give rise to gametes. |
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| an alcohol with three hydroxyl groups that is used as antifreeze by many insects to survive cold winter temperatures. Glycerol has a minimum freezing temperature of about -35 degrees (C or F). |
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| the attractive force between two objects, proportionate to mass and distance. |
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| A location where an species or assemblage of species lives. |
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| a Japanese poetic style, consisting of three lines and 17 syllables, in a pattern of 5-7-5. |
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| the vestigial hindwings of the Diptera, which now resemble small knobs and are used for balance, not flying. |
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| a genetic condition in some insect species in which females are diploid and males are haploid. |
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| having just one set of chromosomes |
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| provides a base line to explain how changes in allele frequencies lead to evolutionary change. |
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| Hemelytron (-hemelytra plural) |
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| means half-hardened wing. The forewing of the true bugs (Hemiptera). |
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| the type of insect metamorphosis in which immatures resemble the adults with the exception of wings and sexual organs. See incomplete metamorphosis. |
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| an organism that solely eats plant material. |
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| a characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring through genes. |
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| an organism that cannot produce its own food and depends on must consume other organisms to obtain energy. |
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| the genetic condition in which different alleles are present. |
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| the type of insect metamorphosis in which a pupal stage is present, and the immature stage does not resemble the adult. See complete metamorphosis. |
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| the genetic condition in which both alleles are the same. |
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| a sugary waste product, commonly released by Hemiptera such as aphids, whiteflies, scales, psyllids and mealybugs. |
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| chemicals produced by endocrine cells or glands, used for internal communication. |
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| an organism which is fed upon by a parasite or parasitoid. |
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| not water soluble, literally, "water hating." |
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| a structure found in the Acarina; on ticks it has backward facing barbs. |
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| referring to the mating process, by which a male and a female are locked during sperm transfer. |
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| Ametabolism or hemimetabolism. |
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| the more advanced way of insect flight, in which the flight muscles are attached to the thoracic body wall. |
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| a phenomenon which occurred in 19th century England, when dark peppered moths were selected for over light moths. |
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| an insect rearing facility. |
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| Integrated pest management |
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| a pest management strategy which combines elements of biological, cultural and chemical controls. |
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| in humans, the colored, musculated part of the eye that flanks the pupil. |
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| an elemental variation which contains the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons. |
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| a condition in which the body cannot break down bilirubin (which is formed by the break down of red blood cells), and turns the skin and whites of eyes yellow. |
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| in chewing insects, the lower "lip." |
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