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Ecdysteroids: a new generic term
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Ecdysteroids: a new generic term

  • T. W. GOODWIN1,
  • D. H. S. HORN2,
  • P. KARLSON3,
  • J. KOOLMAN3,
  • K. NAKANISHI4,
  • W. E. ROBBINS5,
  • J. B. SIDDALL6 &
  • …
  • T. TAKEMOTO7 

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  1. University of Liverpool, UK

    T. W. GOODWIN

  2. C.S.I.R.O. Melbourne, Australia

    D. H. S. HORN

  3. University of Marburg, West Germany

    P. KARLSON & J. KOOLMAN

  4. Columbia University, New York, USA

    K. NAKANISHI

  5. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

    W. E. ROBBINS

  6. Zoecon Corporation, California, USA

    J. B. SIDDALL

  7. Tokushima Bunri University, Japan

    T. TAKEMOTO

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GOODWIN, T., HORN, D., KARLSON, P. et al. Ecdysteroids: a new generic term. Nature 272, 122 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/272122a0

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