Juvenile Hormone Effect on the Venom Gland Secretory Cycle in Workers of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Roat, T C ^a   Nocelli, R C F ^a   Silva De Moraes, R L M ^a   Cruz Landim, C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Electrophoresis; Juvenile hormone; Proteins; Venom gland

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0842323941     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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