Cuticular hydrocarbons control behavioural phase transition in Schistocerca gregaria nymphs and elicit biochemical responses in antennae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 563-568

  Heifetz, Y ^a   Boekhoff, I ^b   Breer, H ^b   Applebaum, S W ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennal preparation; Behavioural phase transition; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Locust; Second messenger

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; SECOND MESSENGER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030767716     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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