A specific type of insulin-like peptide regulates the conditional growth of a beetle weapon.
Evolutionarily conserved insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling (IIS) has been identified as a major physiological mechanism underlying the nutrient-dependent regulation of sexually selected weapon growth in animals. However, the molecular mechanisms that couple nutritional state with we...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000541 |