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Effect of precocene II on circadian rhythms of feeding and mating behavior in the milkweed bug,Oncopeltus fasciatus

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Oncopeltus fasciatus adults were treated with the antiallatotropin, precocene II and the circadian rhythms of feeding and mating behavior were monitored at 2-h intervals from lights on to lights off under 2 photoperiod regimes. Females ovariectomized as 5th instars were monitored for feeding and mating behavior at 2–3-h intervals from lights on to lights off as well. Neither precocene treatment nor ovariectomy was found to affect the mating or feeding behavioral rhythms under any photoperiod regime.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, Texas, USA

    H. D. Woodard & M. A. Rankin

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Acknowledgment. This work was supported by a National Science Foundation Grant number PCM76-10560 to M.A.R.

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Woodard, H.D., Rankin, M.A. Effect of precocene II on circadian rhythms of feeding and mating behavior in the milkweed bug,Oncopeltus fasciatus. Experientia 36, 554–555 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965796

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