Protein profiles of testes, seminal vesicles and accessory glands of honey bee pupae and their relation to the ecdysteroid titer

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  De Oliveira Tozetto, Sibele ^a   Bitonde, Márcia Maria Gentile ^a   Dallaqua, Rodrigo Pires ^a   Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Apis mellifera; Drone reproductive system; Ecdysteroids; Seminal vesicles; Testes

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HONEYBEE; HORMONE; PROTEIN; PUPA; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 33847043983     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006045     Document Type: Article

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