Reciprocal transplant of an ovarian imaginal disc and uptake of vitellogenin by the ovaries of two wild silkworms, Antheraea pernyi and Antheraea yamamai

Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-260

  Liu, Chao Liang ^a   Kajiura, Zenta ^a   Takei, Ryuzo ^a   Nakagaki, Masao ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antheraea pernyi; Antheraea yamamai; ovary; vitellin; vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949122001     PISSN: 00372455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11416/kontyushigen1930.69.251     Document Type: Article

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