Swarm formation in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria: Isolation and NMR analysis of the primary maternal gregarizing agent

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-376

  Miller, Gabriel A ^a,b   Islam, M Saiful ^b,c   Claridge, Timothy D W ^b   Dodgson, Tim ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Change; Gregarizing factor; L dopa; Locust phase; Maternal effect; NMR spectroscopy; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; SOLVENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OVUM; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 40449118368     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013458     Document Type: Article

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