Juvenoid hormone methyl farnesoate is a sex determinant in the crustacean Daphnia magna

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 736-739

  Olmstead, Allen W ^a   Leblanc, Gerald A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; JUVENILE HORMONE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENT; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TIME FACTORS;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0036890608     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10162     Document Type: Article

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