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Secretory Activity in the Corpora Allata of Worker Honey-bees (Apis mellifera L.)

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THE corpora allata are among the endocrine organs in insects controlling larval development1. These organs are also active in the adult stage, exerting effects on metabolism and in some insects on the reproductive organs2.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

    J. E. J. HABOWSKY

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Toronto,

    W. E. BECKEL

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HABOWSKY, J., BECKEL, W. Secretory Activity in the Corpora Allata of Worker Honey-bees (Apis mellifera L.). Nature 203, 1090–1091 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031090a0

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