Hormonal coordination of molting and female reproduction by ecdysteroids in the mole crab Emerita asiatica (Milne Edwards)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-138

  Gunamalai, V ^a   Kirubagaran, R ^a   Subramoniam, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Crab; Ecdysteroids; Emerita asiatica; Hemolymph; Molting; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMERITA ASIATICA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HATCHING; HEMOLYMPH; HEPATOPANCREAS; INTEGUMENT; LARVA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 4043125289     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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