Site of synthesis, mechanism of transport and selective deposition of hydrocarbons

Insect Hydrocarbons Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-99

  Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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