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Genes involved in thoracic exoskeleton formation during the pupal-to-adult molt in a social insect model, Apis mellifera
BACKGROUND: The insect exoskeleton provides shape, waterproofing, and locomotion via attached somatic muscles. The exoskeleton is renewed during molting, a process regulated by ecdysteroid hormones. The holometabolous pupa transforms into an adult during the imaginal molt, when the epidermis synthe3...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23981317 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-576 |