Neuropeptide F regulates male reproductive processes in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-259

  Van Wielendaele, Pieter ^a   Wynant, Niels ^a   Dillen, Senne ^a   Zels, Sven ^a   Badisco, Liesbeth ^a   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Insect; Neuroendocrinology; Orthoptera; Regulatory peptide; Reproductive physiology

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAELIFERA; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS;

EID: 84873861125     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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