Variation in the production and distribution of substituted benzoquinone compounds among genetic strains of the confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-199

  Yezerski, Ann ^a,b   Gilmor, Timothy P ^a   Stevens, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 0034093865     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316733     Document Type: Article

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