Fluctuation of the ploidy level in the epidermis of bombyx mori during the penultimate and ultimate larval instars

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 109-116

  Kawasaki, Hideki ^a   Nishida, Shiroh ^a   Kanke, Eiji ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Dna synthesis; Ecdysteroid; Epidermis; Flow cytometry; Mitosis; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0035744010     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2001.9652711     Document Type: Article

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