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Drosophila Zic family member odd-paired is needed for adult post-ecdysis maturation.
Open biology - 1 Dec 2019
Simon Eléanor, de la Puebla Sergio Fernández, Guerrero Isabel
Abstract excerpt
Specific neuropeptides regulate in arthropods the shedding of the old cuticle (ecdysis) followed by maturation of the new cuticle. In Drosophila melanogaster, the last ecdysis occurs at eclosion from the pupal case, with a post-eclosion behavioural sequence that leads to wing extension, cuticle stretching and tanning. These events are highly stereotyped and are controlled by a subset of crustacean cardioactive...
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