Evolutionary genetics of juvenile hormone and ecdysteroid regulation in Gryllus: A case study in the microevolution of endocrine regulation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-379

  Zera, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Ecdysteroid; Evolutionary endocrinology; Juvenile hormone; Life history; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ENZYME DEGRADATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYMPH; HERITABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS;

EID: 33745475591     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.11.026     Document Type: Review

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