Analysis of pteridines in Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae) during development and in body-color mutants

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-98

  Bel, Yolanda ^a   Porcar, Manuel ^a   Socha, Radomír ^b   Němec, Václav ^b   Ferré, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body color mutants; Development; Heteroptera; Pteridines; Pyrrhocoris apterus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009561691     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:1<83::AID-ARCH7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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