Insect Gut Structure, Function, Development and Target of Biological Toxins

Advances in Insect Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-37

  Linser, Paul J ^a   Dinglasan, Rhoel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hemimetabolous; Holometabolous; Insect alimentary canal; Midgut; Structure function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908377425     PISSN: 00652806     EISSN: 22136800     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800197-4.00001-4     Document Type: Chapter

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