Control of pupal fat body disappearance in the female black blow fly, Phormia regina (Meigen) by the brain and the corpus allatum

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 533-540

  Qin, Wenhong ^a   Yin, Chih Ming ^a   Stoffolano Jr , John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allatectomy; Brain implantation; Ecdysteroids; Fat body cell death; Juvenile hormone; Methoprene; Neck Ligation; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

PHORMIA REGINA;

EID: 0031171646     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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