Control of body size by oxygen supply reveals size-dependent and size-independent mechanisms of molting and metamorphosis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 14664-14669

  Callier, Viviane ^a   Nijhout, H Frederik ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; MANDUCA SEXTA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; LARVA; MANDUCA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 80052284217     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106556108     Document Type: Article

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