Hydrocarbon Profiles of Diapausing and Reproductive Adult Face Flies (Musca autumnalis)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 206-214

  Jurenka, Russell A ^a   Holland, Donald ^a   Krafsur, Elliot S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Diapause; Face fly; Hydrocarbons; Methylbranched alkanes

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MUSCA AUTUMNALIS; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0347813395     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)37:3<206::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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