Insulin signaling and limb-patterning: Candidate pathways for the origin and evolutionary diversification of beetle 'horns'

Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-191

  Emlen, D J ^a   Szafran, Q ^a   Corley, L S ^b   Dworkin, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evo devo; Imaginal discs; Insulin; Insulin receptor; Limb patterning; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ALLOMETRY; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HORMONE; HORN; LIMB; MATE ATTRACTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TRAJECTORY;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HORN; LIMB; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; HORNS; INSULIN; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 33747893327     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800868     Document Type: Short Survey

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