Publikationsdatum:
2018-01-03
Beschreibung:
In both vertebrates and insects, developmental transition from the juvenile stage to adulthood is regulated by steroid hormones. In insects, the steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), elicits metamorphosis, thus promoting this transition, while the sesquiterpenoid juvenile hormone (JH) antagonizes 20E signaling to prevent precocious metamorphosis during the larval stages. However, not...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Digitale ISSN:
1091-6490
Thema:
Biologie
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Medizin
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Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
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