Hormonal regulation of metamorphosis and reproduction in ticks

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 7250-7268

  Roe, R Michael ^a   Donohue, Kevin V ^a   Khalil, Sayed M S ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Carrier Protein; Crustacea; Ecdysone; Ecdysteroids; Endocrinology; Heme; Hormone; Insecta; Insects; JH; Juvenile Hormone; Metamorphosis; Mites; Pheromone; Prothoracicotrophic Hormone; PTTH; Reproduction; Review; Storage Protein; Synganglion; Ticks; Vitellin; Vitellogenin; Vitellogenin Receptor; Yolk Protein

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IXODIDA;

INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TICK;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TICKS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 52049086865     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3226     Document Type: Review

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