Juvenile hormone in adult eusocial hymenoptera: Gonadotropin and behavioral pacemaker

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 559-583

  Robinson, Gene E ^a   Vargo, Edward L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Social insects

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; JUVENILE HORMONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; EVOLUTION; HYMENOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; WASP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GONADOTROPINS; HYMENOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; REPRODUCTION; WASPS;

EID: 0030627031     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)35:4<559::AID-ARCH13>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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