Female-specific wing degeneration caused by ecdysteroid in the Tussock Moth, Orgyia recens: Hormonal and developmental regulation of sexual dimorphism

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Lobbia, Saori ^a   Niitsu, Shuhei ^b   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ecdysone; Phagocytosis; Sex hormone; TUNEL; Wingless moth

Indexed keywords

LACUNA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE; ORGYIA RECENS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 2942744711     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.003.1101     Document Type: Article

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