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Brain hormone contained in the silkworm body ofBombyx mori

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The present report is concerned with the comparison of the brain hormone titers contained in the head and thorax-abdomen of both sexes of 3 races of silkworms,Bombyx mori during and post imaginal differentiation and also with the effects of debraining and castration on the brain hormone titer in the body.

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  1. Shionogi Research Laboratory, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Fukushima-ku, 553, Osaka, Japan

    J. Nishiitsutsuji-Uwo & M. S. Nishimura

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  1. J. Nishiitsutsuji-Uwo
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Acknowledgments. We are grateful to Dr.M. Mezaki of Gunze & Co., Ltd. and Dr.T. Hirasaka of Shinei & Co., Ltd. for supply of the special races of silkworms. We wish to acknowledge MissA. Oshawa for her technical assistance.

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Nishiitsutsuji-Uwo, J., Nishimura, M.S. Brain hormone contained in the silkworm body ofBombyx mori . Experientia 31, 1105–1107 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02326985

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