A quantitative analysis of the mechanism that controls body size in Manduca sexta

BACKGROUND: Body size is controlled by mechanisms that terminate growth when the individual reaches a species-specific size. In insects, it is a pulse of ecdysone at the end of larval life that causes the larva to stop feeding and growing and initiate metamorphosis. Body size is a quantitative trait...

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Autores principales: Nijhout, HF, Davidowitz, G, Roff, DA
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16879739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol43

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16879739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol43

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