The endocrine control of phase transition: Some new aspects

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-10

  Breuer, Michael ^a   Hoste, Bruno ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

His7 corazonin; Ecdysteroids; Juvenile Hormone; Locusta migratoria; Locusts; Phase polymorphism; Phase transition; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; LOCUST;

ACRIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0037357251     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00313.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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