Amino acids and osmolarity in honeybee drone haemolymph

Amino Acids

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-205

  Leonhard, Bernhard ^a   Crailsheim, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age dependency; Amino acids; Apis mellifera; Drones; Osmolarity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYMPH; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEES; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 0032861417     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01361882     Document Type: Article

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