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Big or fast: two strategies in the developmental control of body size

Adult body size is controlled by the mechanisms that stop growth when a species-characteristic size has been reached. The mechanisms by which size is sensed and by which this information is transduced to the growth regulating system are beginning to be understood in a few species of insects. Two rat...

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Autor principal: Nijhout, H. Frederik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26239356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-015-0173-x