Integrating body and organ size in Drosophila: Recent advances and outstanding problems

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Mirth, Christen Kerry ^a   Shingleton, Alexander W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental timing; Ecdysone; Environmental effects on body size; Genetics of body size and proportions; Growth rates; Insulin target of rapamycin signaling; Juvenile hormone; Regulation of organ growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870236928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00049     Document Type: Review

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