Identification of methyl farnesoate in the cypris larva of the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite, and its role as a juvenile hormone

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2000, Pages 885-890

  Smith, Pauline A ^a   Clare, Anthony S ^a   Rees, Huw H ^b   Prescott, Mark C ^b   Wainwright, Geoffrey ^b   Thorndyke, Michael C ^c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanus amphitrite; Barnacle; Juvenile hormone; Larval settlement; Metamorphosis; Methyl farnesoate

Indexed keywords

FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; JUVENILE HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BARNACLE; BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; ION MONITORING; ISOMERISM; JUVENILE HORMONE III; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; ISOMERISM; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; SESQUITERPENES; THORACICA;

EID: 0033891879     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00062-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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