Induction of darkening by corazonins in several species of Orthoptera and their possible presence in ten insect orders

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 509-517

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body color polymorphism; Locusta migratoria; Arg7 corazonin; His7 corazonin

Indexed keywords

ACRIDA CINEREA; ACRIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ATRACTOMORPHA LATA; CATANTOPINAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; DICTYOPTERA; DIPTERA; EUCONOCEPHALUS; GASTRIMARGUS MARMORATUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ODONATA; ORTHOPTERA; OXYA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0034310219     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.509     Document Type: Article

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