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Effect of reserpine on the larval-pupal moult of the wax mothGalleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera)

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Significant retardation ofG. mellonella development was induced by reserpine injected to the last instar larvae in doses having a long-lasting effect on the neurosecretory system.

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  1. Electron Microscope Laboratory, M. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur Str., PL-02-093, Warsaw, (Poland)

    Stanisława Katarzyna Głowacka & A. B. Dutkowski

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  1. Stanisława Katarzyna Głowacka
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This work was supported by M. Curie-Skłodowska Fund grant FG-Po-367/JB-36.

Acknowledgments. We wish to experess our grateful thanks to Professor Aleksandra Przełecka for helpful criticism and correction of the manuscript, and Dr Paweł Jastreboff for statistical evaluations.

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Głowacka, S.K., Dutkowski, A.B. Effect of reserpine on the larval-pupal moult of the wax mothGalleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera). Experientia 35, 1491–1492 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01962803

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