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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION

Insect pheromones as reversible competitive inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase

M. F. RYAN Department of Zoology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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J. AWDE Department of Zoology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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S. MORAN Department of Zoology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Pages 31-37 | Published online: 25 Feb 2011

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