Case of unilateral wing formation in the female of the glowworm Lampyris noctiluca

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-258

  Maas, Ulrike ^a   Dorn, August ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpora allata; Endocrine glands; Lampyris noctiluca; Sexual differentiation; Sexual wing dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WING;

LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA; NOCTILUCA;

EID: 0043208989     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10127     Document Type: Article

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