Prothoracicotropic Hormone

Insect Endocrinology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-62

  Smith, Wendy ^a   Rybczynski, Robert ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384749-2.10001-9     Document Type: Chapter

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