Crustacean Peptide Hormones: Structure, Gene Expression and Function
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Crustacean Peptide Hormones: Structure, Gene Expression and Function
Homeostasis, growth and reproduction in crustaceans are under endocrine control as is established in other animals. The identification of crustacean hormones and elucidation of mechanisms of hormonal regulation have been pursued extensively. Mechanisms are found to be partly similar to, but also considerably different from those in insects, although both groups of animals are arthropods. Moltin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aqua-BioScience Monographs
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1882-322X
DOI: 10.5047/absm.2013.00602.0049