A comparison of phase-related shifts in behavior and morphometrics of an albino strain, deficient in [His7]-corazonin, and a normally colored Locusta migratoria strain

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 791-801

  Hoste, B ^a   Simpson, S J ^b   Tanaka, S ^c   De Loof, A ^a   Breuer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst of Insect and Animal Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

His7 corazonin; Albinism; Dark pigmentotropin; Locusta migratoria; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

CORAZONIN; NEUROHORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT SOCIETY; LOCUST; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0036694405     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00106-3     Document Type: Article

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