Quantitative genetics of juvenile hormone esterase, juvenile hormone binding and general esterase activity in the cricket Gryllus assimilis

Heredity

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-142

  Gu, X ^a,b   Zera, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Gryllus; Heritability; Juvenile hormone; Juvenile hormone binding; Juvenile hormone esterase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000621595     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.21     Document Type: Article

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