Eat to reproduce: A key role for the insulin signaling pathway in adult insects

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 AUG, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Badisco, Liesbeth ^a   Van Wielendaele, Pieter ^a   Broeck, Jozef Vanden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Female insect reproduction; insulin signaling pathway; Lipophilic hormones; Neuropeptides; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; INSULIN; JUVENILE HORMONE;

DIAPAUSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAT BODY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMAGO; INSECT SOCIETY; INSULIN SIGNALING PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 84884555800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00202     Document Type: Review

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