Neuro-endocrine correlates of ovarian development and egg-laying behaviors in the primitively eusocial wasp (Polistes chinensis).

@article{Sasaki2007NeuroendocrineCO,
  title={Neuro-endocrine correlates of ovarian development and egg-laying behaviors in the primitively eusocial wasp (Polistes chinensis).},
  author={Ken Sasaki and Kazuhisa Yamasaki and Takashi Nagao},
  journal={Journal of insect physiology},
  year={2007},
  volume={53 9},
  pages={
          940-9
        }
}
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