Transcriptional regulation of cuticular genes during insect metamorphosis
In some adult holometabolous insects, specific epithelial tissues form imaginal discs, small sac-like clusters of cells that form in the larval body. During metamorphosis, in response to hormones, the discs undergo dramatic changes including cell proliferation and differentiation. In Bombyx mori ins...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IMR Press
2020-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark |
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Online Access: | https://www.imrpress.com/journal/FBL/25/1/10.2741/4796 |