Control mechanisms of polyphenic development in insects: In polyphenic development, environmental factors alter some aspects of development in an orderly and predictable way

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-192

  Nijhout, H Frederik ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032937260     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313508     Document Type: Article

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