Morphogenetic effects of alkaloidal metabolites on the development of the coremata in the salt marsh moth, Estigmene acrea (Dru.) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 183-189

  Jordan, Alex T ^a   Jones, Tappey H ^b   Conner, William E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androconial organs; Hydroxydanaidal; Imaginai disc; Morphogen; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; RETRONECINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; EATING; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTHS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ARCTIIDAE; CREATONOTOS GANGIS; ESTIGMENE; ESTIGMENE ACREA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 37549003966     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20211     Document Type: Article

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