Hormonal regulation and segmental specificity of motoneuron phenotype during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.

doi:10.1016/0012-1606(92)90275-l

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Hormonal regulation and segmental specificity of motoneuron phenotype during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.

Developmental biology - 1 Jan 1992

Weeks J C, Roberts W M, Trimble D L

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The abdominal prolegs of Manduca sexta larvae are eliminated at the onset of metamorphosis. Previous work showed that the prepupal peak of ecdysteroids in the hemolymph causes the dendritic arbors of proleg motoneurons to regress and a stereotyped subset of the motoneurons to die. In the present...

Topics

Animals
Cell Survival
Ecdysterone
Extremities
Larva
Metamorphosis, Biological
Moths
Motor Neurons
Phenotype
Pupa

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