Histological analysis of fat body development and molting events during soldier differentiation in the damp-wood termite, Hodotermopsis sjostedti (isoptera, termopsidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1066-1074

  Cornette, Richard ^a   Matsumoto, Tadao ^b   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Fat body; Juvenile hormone; Molt; Soldier; Storage proteins; Termites

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FAT BODY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; MOLTING; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FAT BODY; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; MOLTING; PYRIDINES; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 37649025378     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1066     Document Type: Article

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