A model for blood meal digestion and fat metabolism in male tsetse flies (Glossinidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-52

  Loder, Philip M J ^a,c   Hargrove, John W ^b   Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ODA/IPMI Tsetse Project   (Zimbabwe)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Blood meal; Fat; Glossina; Haematin; Model; Temperature; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

GLOSSINA MORSITANS;

EID: 0031887235     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.2310043.x     Document Type: Article

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