Metamorphosis of the red flour beetle, T
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Akinori Hirashima; Shiori Hirokado; Risa Tojikubo; Ryuko Takeya; Eiji Taniguchi;
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Under crowded conditions, Tribolium freemani larvae exhibited a delay in the increase of octopamine (OA) content, activity of juvenile-hormone esterase (JHE), and ecdysteroid content, leading to a delay in pupation compared to the larvae under isolated conditions. Under crowded conditions, a peak OA