Corazonin and locust phase polyphenism

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-193

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body color; Corazonin; Locusta migratoria; Phase polyphenism; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 33744955642     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.179     Document Type: Review

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