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Thermal acclimatory responses of salivary amylase of Periplaneta americana (Linn.)

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A differential thermal acclimatory response of salivary amylase is evident in P. americana-nymphs demonstrating a translational and males a rotational pattern, while females exhibit the translational cum rotational pattern (Prosser's type IV-D).

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  1. Postgraduate Department of Zoology, Udai Pratap College, Varanasi, India

    S. P. Singh & A. B. Das

  2. Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India

    S. P. Singh & A. B. Das

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Singh, S.P., Das, A.B. Thermal acclimatory responses of salivary amylase of Periplaneta americana (Linn.). Experientia 33, 168–169 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02124045

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