A role for ecdysteroids in the phase polymorphism of the desert locust

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-24

  Tawfik, Amer I ^a   Sehnal, Frantisek ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Ecdysteroids; Embryogenesis; Locusts; Ovary; Phase polymorphism; Reproduction; Schistocerca gregaria; Ventral gland

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LOCUST; POLYMORPHISM;

ACRIDIDAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0037357234     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00316.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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