Reproductive biology of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica: Juvenile hormone as a pleiotropic master regulator

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-426

  Schal, Coby ^a   Holbrook, Glenn L ^a   Bachmann, Jane A S ^a   Sevala, Veeresh L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Cockroach; Corpora allata; Food intake; JH analog; Juvenile hormone; Ovary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001238886     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)35:4<405::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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