Effects of larval nutrition on the endocrinology of mosquito egg development

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 645-655

  Telang, Aparna ^a,c   Li, Yiping ^b   Noriega, Fernando G ^b   Brown, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anautogeny; Autogeny; Corpora allata; Ecdysteroid; Juvenile hormone; Ochlerotatus atropalpus; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; JUVENILE HORMONE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORPUS ALLATUM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; OCHLEROTATUS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CORPORA ALLATA; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; OCHLEROTATUS; OOGENESIS; OVARY; OVUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; OCHLEROTATUS ATROPALPUS;

EID: 33644946977     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02026     Document Type: Article

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