A reddish-brown mutant in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: phase-dependent expression and genetic control

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-502

  Maeno, Koutaro ^a,b   Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body color mutant; Genetic control; Locusts; Phase polyphenism; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 65549130896     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.497     Document Type: Article

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