Endocrine aspects of mosquito reproduction

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-512

  Klowden, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Anautogeny; Autogeny; Behavior; Blood feeding; Fat body; Juvenile hormone; Metabolism; Oogenesis; Ovarian follicles; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001337667     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)35:4<491::AID-ARCH10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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