Developmental expression of a transferrin in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-543

  Valles, Steven M ^a   Pereira, Roberto M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION;

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 31844436975     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)88[541:DEOATI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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