Age-grading adult insects: A review of techniques

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Hayes, Eleanor J ^a   Wall, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age grading; Follicular relics; Pteridine accumulation; Wing fray

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033020402     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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