Ecdysteroid-Induced Programmed Cell Death Is Essential for Sex-Specific Wing Degeneration of the Wingless-Female Winter Moth

The winter moth, Nyssiodes lefuarius, has a unique life history in that adults appear during early spring after a long pupal diapause from summer to winter. The moth exhibits striking sexual dimorphism in wing form; males have functional wings of normal size, whereas females lack wings. We previousl...

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Autores principales: Niitsu, Shuhei, Toga, Kouhei, Tomizuka, Shigekazu, Maekawa, Kiyoto, Machida, Ryuichiro, Kamito, Takehiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24558499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089435

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24558499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089435

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