Mechanical properties of elytra from Tribolium castaneum wild-type and body color mutant strains

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1901-1906

  Lomakin, Joseph ^a   Arakane, Yasuyuki ^b,c   Kramer, Karl J ^b,d   Beeman, Richard W ^d   Kanost, Michael R ^b   Gehrke, Stevin H ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Cross linking; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Elytra; Insect cuticle; Melanin; Pigmentation; Red flour beetle; Sclerotization; Tanning; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BEETLE; CUTICLE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MELANIN; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; POWER LAW; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FORELIMB; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; GENOTYPE; MELANINS; MUTATION; TRIBOLIUM; WING;

HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77958487238     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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