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A quantitative analysis of the mechanism that controls body size in Manduca sexta

BACKGROUND: Body size is controlled by mechanisms that terminate growth when the individual reaches a species-specific size. In insects, it is a pulse of ecdysone at the end of larval life that causes the larva to stop feeding and growing and initiate metamorphosis. Body size is a quantitative trait...

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Main Authors: Nijhout, HF, Davidowitz, G, Roff, DA
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781520/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16879739
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol43
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