Size assessment and growth control: How adult size is determined in insects

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 344-355

  Mirth, Christen Kerry ^a   Riddiford, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; INSULIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STARVATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; HORMONES; INSECTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34247107090     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20552     Document Type: Review

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