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Role of juvenile hormone receptor Methoprene-tolerant 1 in silkworm larval brain development and domestication.
Zoological research - 18 Sept 2021
Cui Yong, Liu Zu-Lian, Li Cen-Cen, Wei Xiang-Min, Lin Yong-Jian, You Lang, Zhu Zi-Dan, Deng Hui-Min, Feng Qi-Li, Huang Yong-Ping, Xiang Hui
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The insect brain is the central part of the neurosecretory system, which controls morphology, physiology, and behavior during the insect's lifecycle. Lepidoptera are holometabolous insects, and their brains develop during the larval period and metamorphosis into the adult form. As the only fully domesticated insect, the Lepidoptera silkworm Bombyx mori experienced changes in larval brain morphology and certain...
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