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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Danthonioideae — variousgrasses . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Tenebrionidae — the flour beetles.
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Examples
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While homosexual behaviour has long been seen in flour beetles, scientifically known as Tribolium castaneum, the new study is the first one to find the reason behind such a tendency. "
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Effects of the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta on the coprophagic activity of its intermediate host, Tribolium confusum.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Evidence that the factor used by the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, to direct the foraging of its intermediate host, Tribolium confusum, is a volatile attractant.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Effects of the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta on the coprophagic activity of its intermediate host, Tribolium confusum.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Evidence that the factor used by the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, to direct the foraging of its intermediate host, Tribolium confusum, is a volatile attractant.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Evidence that the factor used by the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, to direct the foraging of its intermediate host, Tribolium confusum, is a volatile attractant.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Effects of the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta on the coprophagic activity of its intermediate host, Tribolium confusum.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Disruptive selection and assortative mating in Tribolium castaneum.
Yet another controversy - the Intelligent Deceiver - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Wade, M.J. (1976), “Group selection among laboratory populations of Tribolium”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 73: 4604-4607.
Units and Levels of Selection Lloyd, Elisabeth 2005
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Mixing bona dust with maize grains (at 1.5 percent by weight or more) killed or inhibited the biological activities of the most ubiquitous pest of stored maize, the maize weevil; but another noxious pest, the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), was unaffected.
Chapter 24 1996
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