Evolutionary endocrinology of juvenile hormone esterase in Gryllus assimilis: direct and correlated responses to selection.

doi:10.1093/genetics/141.3.1125

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Evolutionary endocrinology of juvenile hormone esterase in Gryllus assimilis: direct and correlated responses to selection.

Genetics - 1 Nov 1995

Zera A J, Zhang C

Abstract excerpt

Hemolymph juvenile hormone esterase (JHE) activity on the third day of the last stadium in the cricket, Gryllus assimilis, exhibited a significant response to selection in each of six replicate lines. Mean realized heritability was 0.26 +/- 0.04. The response was due to changes in whole-organism...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Biological Evolution
Breeding
Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
Epoxide Hydrolases
Female
Genetic Variation
Gryllidae
Hemolymph
Male
Selection, Genetic

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