Induction of reproductive diapause via perception of photoperiod through the compound eyes in the adult blow fly, Protophormia terraenovae

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Shiga, S ^a   Numata, H ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Diapause; Photoperiod; Photoreceptor; Protopormia terraenovae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030748765     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050090     Document Type: Article

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