Larval feeding duration affects ecdysteroid levels and nutritional reserves regulating pupal commitment in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 854-864

  Telang, Aparna ^a,b   Frame, Laura ^a   Brown, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hormone; Larval nutrition; Larval pupal molt; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 34147121465     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02715     Document Type: Article

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