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Godoy R, Mutis A, Carabajal Paladino L, Venthur H. Genome-Wide Identification of Aldehyde Oxidase Genes in Moths and Butterflies Suggests New Insights Into Their Function as Odorant-Degrading Enzymes. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.823119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) are common detoxifying enzymes in several organisms. In insects, AOXs act in xenobiotic metabolism and as odorant-degrading enzymes (ODEs). These last appear as crucial enzymes in the life cycle of insects, helping to reset their olfactory system, particularly in lepidopterans, which fulfill important ecological roles (e.g., pollination or destructive life cycles). A comprehensive understanding of their olfactory system has provided opportunities to study key chemosensory proteins. However, no significant advance has been made around lepidopteran AOXs research, and even less around butterflies, a recently evolved lineage. In this study we have identified novel AOX gene families in moths and butterflies in order to understand their role as ODEs. Eighteen genomes from both moths and butterflies were used for phylogenetics, molecular evolution and sequence analyses. We identified 164 AOXs, from which 91 are new. Their phylogeny showed two main clades that are potentially related to odorant-degrading function, where both moths and butterflies have AOXs. A first ODE-related clade seems to have a non-ditrysian origin, likely related to plant volatiles. A second ODE-related clade could be more pheromone-biased. Molecular evolution analysis suggests a slight purifying selection process, though a number of sites appeared under positive selection. ODE-related AOXs have changed a phenylalanine residue by proline in the active site. Finally, this study could serve as a reference for further evolutionary and functional studies around Lepidopteran AOXs.
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This autobiographical article describes the research career of Lynn M. Riddiford from its early beginnings in a summer program for high school students at Jackson Laboratory to the present "retirement" at the Friday Harbor Laboratories. The emphasis is on her forays into many areas of insect endocrinology, supported by her graduate students and postdoctoral associates. The main theme is the hormonal regulation of metamorphosis, especially the roles of juvenile hormone (JH). The article describes the work of her laboratory first in the elucidation of the endocrinology of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, and later in the molecular aspects of the regulation of cuticular and pigment proteins and of the ecdysone-induced transcription factor cascade during molting and metamorphosis. Later studies utilized Drosophila melanogaster to answer further questions about the actions of JH.
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- Lynn M Riddiford
- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington 98250, USA;
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Most 'green' plants form green leaf volatiles (GLVs). GLVs are a familiar plant secondary metabolite, but knowledge of their physiological and ecological functions is limited. GLV formation is tightly suppressed when plant tissues are intact, but upon mechanical wounding, herbivore attack, or abiotic stresses, GLVs are formed rapidly, within seconds or minutes. Thus, this may be an important system for defense responses, allowing plants to protect themselves from damage as soon as possible. Because GLV formation in the natural environment is roughly related to the degree of stress in the plant life, sensing the amount of GLVs in the atmosphere might allow plants to recognize their surroundings. Because some plants respond to GLVs, they may communicate with GLVs. GLVs that contain α,β-unsaturated carbonyl groups might activate signaling systems regulated under the redox state of plant cells. Plasma membranes would also be targets of interactions with GLVs. Additionally, the metabolism of GLVs in plant cells after absorption from the atmosphere could also be classified as a plant-plant interaction.
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Legendre A, Faure P, Tiesset H, Potin C, Jakob I, Sicard G, Schaal B, Artur Y, Coureaud G, Heydel JM. When the nose must remain responsive: glutathione conjugation of the mammary pheromone in the newborn rabbit. Chem Senses 2014; 39:425-37. [PMID: 24718415 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bju013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In insects, xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes were demonstrated to regulate pheromones inactivation, clearing them from the olfactory periphery and keeping receptors ready for stimulation renewal. Here, we investigate whether similar processes could occur in mammals, focusing on the pheromonal communication between female rabbits and their newborns. Lactating rabbits emit in their milk a volatile aldehyde, 2-methylbut-2-enal, that elicits searching-grasping in neonates; called the mammary pheromone (MP), it is critical for pups which are constrained to find nipples within the 5 min of daily nursing. For newborns, it is thus essential to remain sensitive to this odorant during the whole nursing period to display several actions of sucking. Here, we show that the MP is enzymatically conjugated to glutathione in newborn olfactory epithelium (OE), in accordance with the high mRNA expression of glutathione transferases evidenced by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. This activity in the nose is higher than in the liver and in OE of newborns compared with weanlings (no more responsive to the pheromone). Therefore, the results pinpoint the existence of a high level of MP-glutathione conjugation activity in the OE of young rabbits, especially in the developmental window where the perceptual sensitivity toward the MP is crucial for survival.
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- Arièle Legendre
- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Neurobiologie des interactions cellulaires et pathologie, NICN UMR 7259, Université d'Aix Marseille, 3 place Victor Hugo, 13000 Marseille, France
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, UMR 6265 CNRS, UMR 1324 INRA, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, 21000 Dijon, France and
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Zhou YL, Zhu XQ, Gu SH, Cui HH, Guo YY, Zhou JJ, Zhang YJ. Silencing in Apolygus lucorum of the olfactory coreceptor Orco gene by RNA interference induces EAG response declining to two putative semiochemicals. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 60:31-39. [PMID: 24216470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is an agronomically important pest that causes severe economic damage to the cotton, fruit, and vegetable industries. Similar to other insects, A. lucorum can perceive and discriminate olfactory cues. A highly conserved and broadly expressed olfactory coreceptor (Orco) is crucial for insect olfaction, and Orco orthologs have been identified in several insect species. In this study, a homology-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was utilized to identify AlucOrco, an Orco ortholog essential for olfaction in A. lucorum. AlucOrco shares significant sequence homology with known Orco proteins in other insects. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that AlucOrco was abundantly expressed in adult A. lucorum. AlucOrco expression level was the highest in the antennae; by contrast, AlucOrco showed negligible expression level in other tissues. We injected AlucOrco siRNA into the conjunctivum between the prothorax and mesothorax of A. lucorum and evaluated its expression 36 h after RNA interference. The results of qRT-PCR demonstrated that the level of mRNA expression was significantly reduced (>90%) in AlucOrco siRNA-treated A. lucorum than in water-injected and non-injected controls. The electroantennogram responses of A. lucorum to two putative semiochemicals, trans-2-hexenal and trans-2-hexenyl butyrate, were also reduced significantly (∼80%) in RNAi-treated A. lucorum than in the controls. These results suggest that AlucOrco is crucial in mediating odorant perception of A. lucorum, especially in perceiving trans-2-hexenal and trans-2-hexenyl butyrate.
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- Yan-Le Zhou
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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Electroantennogram response of alfalfa seed chalcid,Bruchophagus roddi (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) to host- and nonhost-plant volatiles. J Chem Ecol 2013; 18:333-52. [PMID: 24254940 DOI: 10.1007/bf00994235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/1991] [Accepted: 10/28/1991] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The alfalfa seed chalcid (ASC),Bruchophagus roddi, is a monophagous pest of alfalfa that parasitizes developing seeds. To further understand the olfactory basis of host-plant recognition by ASCs, we recorded electroantennograms (EAGs) from females and males to 39 volatiles from both alfalfa and red clover. The chemoreceptive sensitivity of ASCs was selective for certain general classes of compounds, defined by their carbon-chain length (C6 and C8), structure (aliphatics and phenolics), isomerism, and/or functional group (acetates, ketones, and alcohols). The compounds that elicited the largest EAGs were ranked as follows: (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate > hexyl acetate ≥ acetophenone ≥ octan-3-one ≥ methyl salicylate > octan-3-ol > oct-1-en-3-one > oct-1-en-3-ol ≥ (E)-β-ocimene ≥ (Z)- and (E)-3-hexen-1-ols. Over half the test compounds elicited significantly different responses between the sexes, and female antennal responses exceeded those of males for twice the number of these volatiles. Relationships of the tested volatiles to host-plant composition, EAG responses, and ASC behaviors showed no consistent correlations. However, nearly all of the host-plant volatiles known to stimulate behavioral activity also elicited moderate to potent EAG responses.
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Kadohisa M. Effects of odor on emotion, with implications. Front Syst Neurosci 2013; 7:66. [PMID: 24124415 PMCID: PMC3794443 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The sense of smell is found widely in the animal kingdom. Human and animal studies show that odor perception is modulated by experience and/or physiological state (such as hunger), and that some odors can arouse emotion, and can lead to the recall of emotional memories. Further, odors can influence psychological and physiological states. Individual odorants are mapped via gene-specified receptors to corresponding glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, which directly projects to the piriform cortex and the amygdala without a thalamic relay. The odors to which a glomerulus responds reflect the chemical structure of the odorant. The piriform cortex and the amygdala both project to the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) which with the amygdala is involved in emotion and associative learning, and to the entorhinal/hippocampal system which is involved in long-term memory including episodic memory. Evidence that some odors can modulate emotion and cognition is described, and the possible implications for the treatment of psychological problems, for example in reducing the effects of stress, are considered.
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- Mikiko Kadohisa
- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Oxford, UK
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In the phytophagous corn earworm, Helicoverpa (Heliothis) zea, females delay their reproductive behaviors until they find a suitable host on which to deposit their eggs. Perception of volatile chemical signals from corn silk triggers the production of sex pheromone followed by its release, which leads to mating. Several natural corn silk volatiles, including the plant hormone ethylene, induced pheromone production in H. zea females. Because H. zea larvae feed on the fruiting parts of a wide variety of hosts, ethylene, which is associated with fruit ripening, could act as a common cue.
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Nakashima T, Akamatsu M, Hatanaka A, Kiyohara T. Attenuation of stress-induced elevations in plasma ACTH level and body temperature in rats by green odor. Physiol Behav 2004; 80:481-8. [PMID: 14741233 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2003.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To investigate the effect of green odor on the elevation of the plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels and body temperature (T(b)) induced by stress, adult male rats were subjected to a 2-h immobilization stress and exposed to green odor or its vehicle only. In comparison with the vehicle group, animals in the green odor group showed a significant reduction in plasma ACTH levels at the end of the stress when green odor was applied during the stress. The elevated plasma ACTH levels 2 days after the stress were reduced by green odor applied 0, 1, 2, 4 or 6 h after the beginning of the stress. Neither the immediate nor the long-lasting plasma ACTH response was affected by a prestress treatment of green odor. T(b) elevation was evident following the end of the stress and during the light phase the day after the stress. Both the immediate and the long-lasting elevations in T(b) were attenuated by green odor. These data suggest that green odor extracted from green leaves has a relieving effect on plasma ACTH and T(b) levels induced by an immobilization stress for not only immediate but also long-lasting periods.
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- Toshihiro Nakashima
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-CNRS-UPR 406, Strasbourg, France
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Landolt PJ, Phillips TW. Host plant influences on sex pheromone behavior of phytophagous insects. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 1997; 42:371-391. [PMID: 15012318 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.42.1.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The sexual behavior of phytophagous insects is often integrated in a variety of ways with their host plants. This integration may be manifested as effects or influences of host plants on insect physiology and behavior, including sex pheromone communication, that reflect strategies by insects to optimize mating and reproduction. Certain insects sequester or otherwise acquire host plant compounds and use them as sex pheromones or sex pheromone precursors. Other insects produce or release sex pheromones in response to particular host plant cues. Chemicals from host plants often synergize or otherwise enhance insect responses to sex pheromones. By these means, host plants may be used by insects to regulate or mediate sexual communication. For many species of insects, host plant influences on insect sex pheromone communication may be important aspects of the formation of feeding and mating aggregations, of insect strategies to locate both hosts and mates, of behavioral reproductive isolation among sibling species, and of the regulation of reproduction to coincide with the availability of food and oviposition sites. Knowledge of these relationships is critical to understanding many different areas of the behavioral ecology of plant-feeding insects.
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- P J Landolt
- USDA, Agricultural Research Station, Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, Wapato, Washington 98915, USA
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Tasayco ML, Prestwich GD. Aldehyde-oxidizing enzymes in an adult moth: in vitro study of aldehyde metabolism in Heliothis virescens. Arch Biochem Biophys 1990; 278:444-51. [PMID: 2327797 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(90)90283-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The conversion of pheromonal aldehydes to carboxylic acids in vitro in tissue extracts of Heliothis virescens is catalyzed by both aldehyde dehydrogenase and aldehyde oxidase enzymes. The aldehyde-oxidizing activity in antennae, heads, legs, and hemolymph from male and female moths was examined by radiochromatographic and spectroscopic assays. First, the enzymatic activity was measured in the presence or absence of added NAD+ using either (Z)-9-tetradecenal or (Z)-11-hexadecenal as tritiated substrate. Second, substrate specificity was determined spectroscopically by (i) indirect measurement of the AO-released hydrogen peroxide through the coupled AO-horseradish peroxidase reaction and by (ii) direct measurement of the ALDH-produced NADH. Both aldehyde-oxidizing activities were associated with soluble enzymes in the antennal extracts, and these enzymes degraded pheromone and nonpheromonal aldehydes. Both AO and ALDH activities were present in male and female tissues. AO activity was exhibited primarily in the antennal extracts and to a lesser degree in the leg extracts. Moreover, ALDH activity was distributed in the antenna, head, and leg extracts. A vinyl ketone analog of (Z)-11-hexadecenal preferentially inhibited the ALDH activity over the AO activity.
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- M L Tasayco
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-3400
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Tasayco ML, Prestwich GD. Aldehyde oxidases and dehydrogenases in antennae of five moth species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(90)90083-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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McNeil JN, Delisle J. Are host plants important in pheromone-mediated mating systems of lepidoptera? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01951809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Selected factors influencing neurohormonal regulation of sex pheromone production inHeliothis species. J Chem Ecol 1988; 14:2063-9. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01014250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/1987] [Accepted: 02/03/1988] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Adiyodi KG, Adiyodi RG. Comparative physiology of reproduction in arthropods. ADVANCES IN COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 1974; 5:37-107. [PMID: 4607583 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-011505-1.50008-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Thomas JD. Schistosomiasis and the control of molluscan hosts of human schistosomes with particular reference to possible self-regulatory mechanisms. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 1973; 11:307-94. [PMID: 4792368 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(08)60189-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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A wheat-germ diet containing no leaf material has been perfected for the rearing of Hyalophora cecropia, Hyalophora gloveri, and Samia cynthia.
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