Hormonal control of male horn length dimorphism in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-53

  Emlen, Douglas J ^a,b   Nijhout, H Frederik ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Horned beetle; Juvenile hormone; Male dimorphism; Polyphenism; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; JUVENILE HORMONE DERIVATIVE; METHOPRENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS;

EID: 0032908770     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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