Juvenile hormone accelerates ovarian development and does not affect age polyethism in the primitively eusocial wasp, Ropalidia marginata

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Agrahari, Maulishree ^a   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Age polyethism; Division of labor; Juvenile hormone; Ovarian development; Ropalidia marginata

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LABOR DIVISION; POLYETHISM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; ROPALIDIA; ROPALIDIA MARGINATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037354493     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00268-8     Document Type: Article

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