Patterns and mechanisms of growth of fifth-instar Manduca sexta caterpillars following exposure to low- or high-protein food during early instars

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-454

  Woods, H Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DIET; GROWTH; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; MANDUCA;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0032856210     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316678     Document Type: Article

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