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Embryonic thermosensitive TRPA1 determines transgenerational diapause phenotype of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Apr 2014
Sato Azusa, Sokabe Takaaki, Kashio Makiko, Yasukochi Yuji, Tominaga Makoto, Shiomi Kunihiro
Abstract excerpt
In the bivoltine strain of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, embryonic diapause is induced transgenerationally as a maternal effect. Progeny diapause is determined by the environmental temperature during embryonic development of the mother; however, its molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, we show that the Bombyx TRPA1 ortholog (BmTrpA1) acts as a thermosensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) channel...
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