Regulation of female reproduction in mites: A unifying model for the Acari

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1079-1090

  Cabrera, Ana R ^a   Donohue, Kevin V ^a   Roe, R Michael ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Ecdysteroids; Juvenile hormone; Mites; Regulation; Ticks; Vitellin; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; JUVENILE HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; INSECT; JUVENILE; MITE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; STEROID;

ACARI; ANIMAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VITELLOGENESIS;

ACARI; ANIMALS; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; MITES; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; IXODIDA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 70349849656     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.08.007     Document Type: Review

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