Mechanisms regulating nutrition-dependent developmental plasticity through organ-specific effects in insects

Mechanisms regulating nutrition-dependent developmental plasticity through organ-specific effects in insects

Nutrition, via the insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IIS)/Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway, can provide a strong molding force for determining animal size and shape. For instance, nutrition induces a disproportionate increase in the size of male horns in dung and rhinoceros beetles, or...

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Main Authors: Takashi eKoyama, Cláudia eMendes, Christen Kerry Mirth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Ecdysone
juvenile hormone
insulin/TOR signaling
nutritional plasticity
body/organ size
relative organ growth
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00263/full

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