Developmental mechanisms of body size and wing-body scaling in insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-156

  Nijhout, H Frederik ^a   Callier, Viviane ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size; Critical weight; Ecdysone; Growth; Insulin; Threshold size

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

ECDYSONE; INSECT PROTEIN; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLTING; WING;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECDYSONE; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; INSULIN; MOLTING; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84920755384     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020841     Document Type: Review

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