The extraembryonic serosa protects the insect egg against desiccation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1764, 2013, Pages

  Jacobs, Chris G C ^a   Rezende, Gustavo L ^b,c   Lamers, Gerda E M ^a   van der Zee, Maurijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chs (chitin synthase); Cuticle; Desiccation resistance; Tribolium castaneum; Zen (zerkn llt)

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HATCHING; HUMIDITY; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEMBRANE; RNA;

COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; VERTEBRATA;

CHITIN SYNTHASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; OOCYTE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEROSA; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DEHYDRATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; OVUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEROUS MEMBRANE; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84892957258     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1082     Document Type: Article

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