The development and functions of oenocytes

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 405-425

  Makki, Rami ^a   Cinnamon, Einat ^a   Gould, Alex P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fat body; Lipid metabolism; Oenocytes; Pheromones; Very long chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INSECTS; LARVA; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84891927661     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162056     Document Type: Article

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