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

Insects, like all heterotrophic organisms, acquire from their food the nutrients that are essential for anabolic processes that lead to growth (larval stages) or reproduction (adult stage). In adult females, this nutritional input is processed and results in a very specific output, i.e., the product...

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Main Authors: Badisco, Liesbeth, Van Wielendaele, Pieter, Vanden Broeck, Jozef
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735985/