Locust phase polyphenism: Does epigenetic precede endocrine regulation?

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-128

  Boerjan, Bart ^a   Sas, Filip ^a   Ernst, Ulrich R ^a   Tobback, Julie ^a   Lemière, Filip ^b   Vandegehuchte, Michiel B ^c   Janssen, Colin R ^c   Badisco, Liesbeth ^a   Marchal, Elisabeth ^a   Verlinden, Heleen ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a  

^a Research Group of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Insect; Phase polyphenism; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 2; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DNA METHYLATION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EPIGENETICS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHLING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IMAGO; INSECT GENETICS; LARVAL STAGE; LOCUST; LONGEVITY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYPHENISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 79959873546     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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