Comparative Study of Neuropeptides from the Corpora Cardiaca of Solitary and Gregarious Locusta

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-450

  Ayali, A ^a   Pener, M P ^a   Girardie, J ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Corpora cardiaca; Locust phase polymorphism; Locusta migratoria migratorioides; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

LOCUSTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MIGRATORIOIDES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0000191693     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:4<439::AID-ARCH6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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