Grasshoppers in research and education: Methods for maintenance and production

Lab Animal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 27-31

  Badman, James ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^b   McGarry, Michael P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; GRASSHOPPERS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847238444     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0307-27     Document Type: Article

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