Stimulation of juvenile hormone biosynthesis by different ecdysteroids in Bombyx mori

Zoological Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 450-454

  Gu, Shi Hong ^a   Chow, Yien Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdysteroid specificity; In vitro CA activity; Postembryonic development; Supernumerary larvae

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA;

EID: 10644271962     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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