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Science 26 September 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4464, pp. 1548 - 1550
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4464.1548
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Juvenile Hormone Induction of Biting Behavior in Culex Mosquitoes

ROGER W. MEOLA 1 and RONALD S. PETRALIA 1

1 Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843

Juvenile hormone deprivation caused by surgical removal of corpora allata shortly after adult emergence blocked the initiation of biting behavior in Culex. pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus. Reimplantation of corpora allata or injection of a synthetic juvenile hormone (JH-I) corrected the juvenile hormone deficiency and restored biting behavior. Ovariectomy experiments demonstrated that this behavioral effect of juvenile hormone was independent of ovarian involvement.

Submitted on April 9, 1980
Revised on June 17, 1980


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