Relationship between tissue-specific hydrocarbon profiles and lipid melting temperatures in the cockroach Blattella germanica

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1245-1263

  Young, Hugh P ^a   Larabee, Jeannine K ^b,d   Gibbs, Allen G ^c   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella; Cuticle; German cockroach; Hydrocarbon; Melting temperature; Pheromone; Water relations

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; LIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COCKROACH; CUTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZOOLOGY;

BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 0034075391     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005440212538     Document Type: Article

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