Partial localization of a brain factor inhibiting egg production in the blood-feeding insect, Rhodnius prolixus

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 126-131

  Chiang, R Gary ^a  

^a REDEEMER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Corpus allatum; Egg production; Juvenile hormone; Neurosecretory cells; Rhodnius

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040614248     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)39:3<126::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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