Scolytidae endocrine regulation

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Tittiger C., O Keeffe C., Bengoa C. S., Barkawi L. S., Seybold S. J. et al. 2000. Isolation and endocrine regulation of an HMG-CoA synthase cDNAfrom the male Jeffrey pine beetle, Dendroctonus jejfreyi (Coleoptera Scolytidae). Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 30, 1203-1211. 

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