Hormonal control of body-color polyphenism in the American grasshopper, Schistocerca americana: A function of [His7]-corazonin

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 302-309

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a Ind Administrative Institution   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body color; Juvenile hormone; Schistocerca americana; His7 corazonin

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; GRASSHOPPER; HORMONE; POLYMORPHISM;

ACRIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA;

EID: 2142760100     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0302:hcobpi]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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