Control of Cell Proliferation in the Corpora Allata during the Reproductive Cycle of the Cockroach Diploptera punctata

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 299-313

  Chiang, Ann Shyn ^a   Tsai, Wen Hsien ^a   Holbrook, Glenn L ^b   Schal, Coby ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell number; Cockroach; Corpora allata; Diploptera punctata; Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; DIPLOPTERA PUNCTATA; SUPELLA LONGIPALPA;

EID: 0000587748     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)32:3/4<299::aid-arch4>3.0.co;2-o     Document Type: Article

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