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A specific type of insulin-like peptide regulates the conditional growth of a beetle weapon

Evolutionarily conserved insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling (IIS) has been identified as a major physiological mechanism underlying the nutrient-dependent regulation of sexually selected weapon growth in animals. However, the molecular mechanisms that couple nutritional state with we...

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Autores principales: Okada, Yasukazu, Katsuki, Masako, Okamoto, Naoki, Fujioka, Haruna, Okada, Kensuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6880982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31774806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000541