A transgenerational endocrine signaling pathway in Crustacea.

Environmental signals to maternal organisms can result in developmental alterations in progeny. One such example is environmental sex determination in Branchiopod crustaceans. We previously demonstrated that the hormone methyl farnesoate could orchestrate environmental sex determination in the early...

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Main Authors: Gerald A LeBlanc, Ying H Wang, Charisse N Holmes, Gwijun Kwon, Elizabeth K Medlock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3629115?pdf=render