Biosynthetic activity of corpora allata, growth of sex accessory glands and mating in the male moth Agrotis ipsilon (hufnagel)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2425-2432

  Duportets, Line ^a   Dufour, Marie Cécile ^a,b   Couillaud, Franck ^a   Gadenne, Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agrotis ipsilon; Cholesterol inhibitor; Corpora allata; Fluvastatin; Juvenile hormone acid; Mating; Noctuidae; Protein; Reproduction; Sex accessory gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031696121     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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