Genetic and hormonal control of melanization in reddish-brown and albino mutants in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

His7 corazonin; Body colouration; Density dependent phase polyphenism; Locust; Mutant; Schistocerca gregaria.

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; INSECT; MUTATION; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPE;

LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 77954313356     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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