Article
The distinct roles of insulin signaling in polyphenic development.
Current opinion in insect science - 1 Feb 2018
Nijhout H Frederik, McKenna Kenneth Z
Abstract excerpt
Many insects have the ability to develop alternative morphologies in response to specific environmental signals such as photoperiod, temperature, nutrition and crowding. These signals are integrated by the brain and result in alternative patterns of secretion of developmental hormones like ecdysone, juvenile hormone and insulin-like growth factors, which, in turn, direct alternative developmental trajectories....
Topics
- Animals
- Ecdysone
- Insecta
- Insulin
- Juvenile Hormones
- Phenotype
- Signal Transduction
- Somatomedins