Regulation of juvenile hormone biosynthesis by ecdysteroid levels during the early stages of the last two larval instars of Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 625-632

  Gu, Shi Hong ^a   Chow, Yien Shing ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdysteroid levels; Juvenile hormone biosynthesis; Postembryonic development

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA;

EID: 0030180638     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(96)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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