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Extended FMRFamides in dipteran insects: conservative expression in the neuroendocrine system is accompanied by rapid sequence evolution.
General and comparative endocrinology - 15 May 2009
Rahman Mohammad M, Fromm Bastian, Neupert Susanne, Kreusch Stefan, Predel Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
Extended FMRFamides are found throughout the central nervous system (CNS) of insects and exhibit diverse physiological effects on different target organs, such as muscles, intestine, and the nervous system. The genes encoding for extended FMRFamides are known from a number of flies, including Drosophila species, and the pest insects Lucilia cuprina, Calliphora vomitoria, and Musca domestica. No data, however,...
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