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Adaptation of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii to a specialized nutritional niche

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Unlike most Drosophila larvae that feed on spoiled food, Drosophila suzukii larvae thrive on ripening fruits and consequently face a low‐protein, high‐carbohydrate nutritional challenge. Comparisons of growth among D. suzukii, D. biarmipes, and D. melanogaster larvae across diets with varying protein‐to‐carbohydrate ratios demonstrate that D.
Yan Hou, Ying Zhen
wiley   +1 more source

Crustacean red pigment-concentrating hormone Panbo-RPCH affects lipid mobilization and walking activity in a flightless bug Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera) similarly to its own AKH-peptides

European Journal of Entomology, 2007
In the present study we tested whether the walking activity of macropterous females of the flightless wing-polymorphic bug Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) can be stimulated by its native adipokinetic hormone Peram-CAH-II and the crustacean red pigment ...
Radomír SOCHA, Dalibor KODRÍK, Rostislav ZEMEK   +2 more
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A role of corazonin receptor in larval-pupal transition and pupariation in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Corazonin (Crz) is a neuropeptide hormone, but also a neuropeptide modulator that is internally released within the CNS, and it has a widespread distribution in insects with diverse physiological functions.
Chen, Er-Hu, Gui, Shun-Hua, Hou, Qiu-Li, Jiang, Hong-Bo, Li, Hui-Min, Smagghe, Guy, Wang, Jin-Jun, Wei, Dan-Dan   +7 more
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Mapping molluscan endocrinology: a systematic and critical appraisal

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 970-1002, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Historically, a vertebrate‐centric paradigm has framed our interpretation of molluscan endocrinology, with considerable research focusing on vertebrate‐type steroid hormones (e.g. oestrogens, testosterone). However, contradictory evidence on the occurrence of vertebrate‐type steroid hormones in molluscan tissues, and a lack of the specific ...
Konstantinos Panagiotidis, Thomas H. Miller, Olwenn V. Martin, Alice Baynes   +3 more
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Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution [PDF]

, 2016
Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.This work was supported by a PhD ...
Breese GR, Cabrero P, Chaet AB, Chang MM, Christie AE, Dockray GJ, Elphick MR, Elphick MR, Fujisawa J, Harada A, Johnsen AH, Kanatani H, Lee KY, Liddle RA, Nahon JL, Phlippen MK, Sawyer WH, Veenstra JA, Wilkie IC   +18 more
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Unexpected Evolutionary Divergence of Tachykinin‐Positive Neurons Innervating the Central Complex in Hexapods

Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 534, Issue 3, March 2026.
The central complex is a group of midline‐spanning neuropils in the brain of insects with a key role in goal‐directed orientation and navigation. Immunolabeling in 25 species, ranging from bristletails to flies, shows that neurons containing peptides of the tachykinin family of neuropeptides are present in most species studied.
Uwe Homberg, Jing Xu, Tim Keyser, Fedor Suzdalenkov, Fabian Wimmer, Martina Fromandi, Stefano Bianco, Michelle Tez, Stefan Dippel   +8 more
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Effects of myoinhibitory peptides on food intake in the German cockroach [PDF]

, 2017
Insect myoinhibitory peptides were discovered through their inhibitory activity on visceral muscle contraction. The present study tests the antimyotropic gut properties of three galanin-related myoinhibitory peptides (Mas-MIP II: GWQDLNSAW-NH2; Grb-AST ...
Aguilar, Ruth, Bellés, Xavier, Maestro, José L.   +2 more
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Comparative analysis of adipokinetic hormones and their receptors in Blattodea reveals novel patterns of gene evolution [PDF]

, 2023
Adipokinetic hormone (AKH) is a neuropeptide produced in the insect corpora cardiaca that plays an essential role in mobilising carbohydrates and lipids from the fat body to the haemolymph.
Gäde, Gerd, He, Shulin, Jiang, Shixiong, Marco, Heather G., McMahon, Dino P., Scheich, Nina, Wang, Zongqing   +6 more
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Adipokinetic Hormone Gene Sequence from Manduca sexta

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1989
A gene sequence encoding the neuropeptide adipokinetic hormone (AKH) was isolated from a genomic library of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. 2.5 x 10(5) recombinant plaques were screened with a 29-mer oligonucleotide substituted with deoxyinosine at six ambiguous codon positions.
J Y, Bradfield, L L, Keeley
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Molecular and Endocrine Regulation of Ovarian Maturation in the Black Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon) and Associated Challenges in Its Aquaculture

Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 18, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Over the past four decades, substantial research has investigated the regulation of ovarian maturation and spawning in the black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon). In this species, female reproduction is strongly suppressed by gonad‐inhibiting hormone (GIH) released from the eyestalk, making eyestalk ablation (ESA) the most widely adopted spawning‐
Gourab Chowdhury, Josephine Nocillado, Abigail Elizur, Scott F. Cummins, Tomer Ventura   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source