Assessment of sexual maturation in the Moroccan locust Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg)

Journal of Orthoptera Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Quesada Moraga, Enrique ^a   Santiago Álvarez, Cándido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Development; Dociostaurus; Locust; Ovariole; Reproduction; Sexual maturation; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009494459     PISSN: 10826467     EISSN: 19372426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1665/1082-6467(2001)010[0001:AOSMIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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