In vivo effects of allatostatins in crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus (Ensifera: Gryllidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-43

  Lorenz, Matthias W ^a   Lorenz, Judith I ^a   Treiblmayr, Karl ^b   Hoffmann, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allatostatins; Ecdysteroids; In vivo effects; Injection; Juvenile hormone; Ovary; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002610285     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)38:1<32::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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