PRECOCIOUS TERMINATION OF DIAPAUSE IN NECK- AND ABDOMEN-LIGATED PUPAL PREPARATIONS OF THE TOBACCO HORNWORM,MANDUCA SEXTA
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- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 171 (1) , 126-134
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1541911
Abstract
When ligatures were placed between the head and thorax of freshly pupated hornworms, the resulting brainless preparations initiated adult development weeks earl...This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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