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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Autores principales: Soares, Michelle Prioli Miranda, Barchuk, Angel Roberto, Simões, Ana Carolina Quirino, dos Santos Cristino, Alexandre, de Paula Freitas, Flávia Cristina, Canhos, Luísa Lange, Bitondi, Márcia Maria Gentile
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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