Regulation of pheromone biosynthesis, transport, and emission in cockroaches

Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 283-322

  Schal, Coby ^a   Fan, Yongliang ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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