A quantitative analysis of the mechanism that controls body size in Manduca sexta
BACKGROUND:Body size is controlled by mechanisms that terminate growth when the individual reaches a species-specific size. In insects, it is a pulse of ecdysone at the end of larval life that causes the larva to stop feeding and growing and initiate metamorphosis. Body size is a quantitative trait,...
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BioMed Central
2006
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| Online Access: | Journal of Biology 2006, 5:16 http://jbiol.com/content/5/5/16 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610174 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610174 |