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Insects
Topic 9-10
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 2
04/20/2010

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juvenile hormone is produced by
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corpa allata
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Korpec's experiments to determine molting process included
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debraining
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chemical produced by one tissue and carried to another
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hormone
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chemicals similar to insect molting hormone commonly found in
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Ferns
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Korpec ligated gypsy moth larva to middle of body 7 days after molt, what happened
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front half molted and rear remained larva
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hormone that determines stage an insect molts
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juvenile hormone
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molting hormone is produced by the
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thoracic glands
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synthetic hormone "altosid" controls
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mosquitos
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synthetic hormone "precor" used to control
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fleas
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interspecific chemical benefits both producer and receiver
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synomone
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chemical left along the ground by an ant exmaple of what semiochemical
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trail pheromone
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secondary plant chemicals used by insects to identify host plants
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kairomones
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sex attractant chemicals contain how many carbon atoms
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floral fragrance that attracts pollinator to flower is example of
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synomone
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fruit fly marks an apple when it lays its egg
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territorial phermone
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chemical produced by an organism to produce a response in another organism
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semiochemical
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interspecific chemical benefits receiver
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kairomone
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specificity in chemicals is achieved by
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mixing chemicals w each species using different ratios
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chemical released by wasps when nest threatened
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phermone
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interspecific chemical that benefits produced
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allomone
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intraspecific chemical messanger
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phermone
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produced from small cornicles at tip of aphid's abdomen example of
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alarm phermone
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chemical from the scent pocket of male Florida queen butterfly is example of
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courtship pheromone
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defense chemical released by stink bugs when attacked by predator example of
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allomone
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