Effects of precocenes on the corpora allata and the JH titer in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera: Termopsidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-356

  Gotoh, Hiroki ^a   Cornette, Richard ^a   Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Corpora allata; Juvenile hormone titer; Precocene; Termite

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 52249123494     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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