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As shown by Loher1, removal of the corpora allata from immature adult males of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forsk.) prevents the onset of sexual maturity and also the production of the pheromone which has an accelerating effect on the maturation of young males.
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NORRIS, M., PENER, M. An Inhibitory Effect of Allatectomized Males and Females on the Sexual Maturation of Young Male Adults of Schitstocerca gregaria (Forsk.) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Nature 208, 1122 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081122a0
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