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Mechanisms regulating nutrition-dependent developmental plasticity through organ-specific effects in insects
Nutrition, via the insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IIS)/Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway, can provide a strong molding force for determining animal size and shape. For instance, nutrition induces a disproportionate increase in the size of male horns in dung and rhinoceros beetles, or...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3783933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24133450 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00263 |