Endocrine analysis in evolutionary-developmental studies of insect polymorphism: Hormone manipulation versus direct measurement of hormonal regulators

Evolution and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 499-513

  Zera, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORMONE; INSECT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLYMORPHISM; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENTOMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; INSECT HORMONES; INSECTS; JUVENILE HORMONES; PHENOTYPE;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548531003     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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