Juvenile hormone-stimulated polyploidy in adult locust fat body
β Scribed by Nair, K.K.; Chen, Thomas T.; Wyatt, G.R.
- Book ID
- 122368985
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 549 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-1606
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