The roles of midgut hormone and allatotropin in the adult black blow fly, Phormia regina Meigen (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Nutrition greatly affects the reproductive success in many insects. Also, previous studies have shown this nutrition-reproduction connection is mediated via endocrine control. In Phormia regina, a proteinaceous meal is essential for egg maturation. Recent discovery of a midgut hormone, from liver-fe...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2000
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9988848 |