Embryonic ecdysteroids in a mole crab, Emerita asiatica (Milne-Edwards)

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Subramoniam, T ^b   Tirumalai, R ^b   Gunamalai, V ^a   Hoffmann, K H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroids; Embryogenesis; Emerita asiatica

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CRAB; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ALBUNEIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMERITA; EMERITA ASIATICA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032935968     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02941112     Document Type: Article

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