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In order to understand the endocrinology regulation of insect morphogenesis and reproduction, an accurate and precise method of measuring juvenile hormone (JH) titers at different stages of the insect life cycle is necessary. This is not a simple matter due to the very low concentrations of these substances in insect tissue or fluids (10-7 to 10-9 M), and also to the simultaneous presence of large amounts of potentially interfering contaminants in the form of other endogenous organic substances.
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Mauchamp, B., Zander, M., Wolff, R. (1984). The Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Juvenile Hormones by Mass Spectrometry. In: Hoffmann, J., Porchet, M. (eds) Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Mode of Action of Invertebrate Hormones. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69922-1_35
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