Effects of juvenile hormone and ecdysone on the timing of vitellogenin appearance in hemolymph of queen and worker pupae of Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-8

  Barchuk, Angel Roberto ^a   Bitondi, Marcia Maria Gentile ^a   Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Honey bee; Juvenile hormone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0002817199     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.002.0101     Document Type: Article

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