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Pathogens, 2020 Insect adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) are neuropeptides with a wide range of actions, including the control of insect energy metabolism. These hormones are also known to be involved in the insect defence system against toxins and pathogens.
Umesh Kumar Gautam +6 more
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The Role and Impacts of Growth Hormones in Maximizing Animal Production- A review
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2021 The purpose of the study is to examine the role and impacts of growth hormone in maximizing animal products. Growth hormones are biological stimulants that are found either naturally in the organism or synthetically manufactured.
Duguma Dibbisa Itana, Ararsa Duguma
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Regulatory Mechanisms of Cell Polyploidy in Insects
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020 Polyploidy cells undergo the endocycle to generate DNA amplification without cell division and have important biological functions in growth, development, reproduction, immune response, nutrient support, and conferring resistance to DNA damage in animals.
Dani Ren +9 more
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Nature Communications, 2022 In mammals, somatostatin plays a role in preventing the release of sex hormones before puberty begins. A Drosophila study uncovered the process by which insect somatostatin controls ovarian development in response to developmental and mating signals.
Chen Zhang +4 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 Farnesol, the sesquiterpenoid precursor of insect juvenile hormones (JH) that itself has JH activity, existed already long before animals and their hormones came into being.
Arnold De Loof, Liliane Schoofs
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Forestry Research, 2021 Dendrolimus punctatus Walker is a major pest affecting Pinus massoniana Lamb. forests and can cause serious economic and ecological losses. WRKY transcription factors play important roles in coping with various environmental stresses and plant responses ...
Hu Chen +6 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 Farnesol, the sesquiterpenoid precursor of the six presently known insect juvenile hormones (JHs) was for the first time chemically identified in 1961, not in JH synthesizing glands or whole body extracts, but in excrements of the mealworm Tenebrio ...
Arnold De Loof, Liliane Schoofs
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The neuroendocrine stress-response in insects: the history of the development of the concept
Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2017 The neuroendocrine stress-response is an effective defense mechanism against adverse influences of various nature. This reaction is universal and appears in response to stimuli that are unusual not just for living and habitat of the species, but also for
M. A. Eremina, N. E. Gruntenko
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Current Research in Insect Science, 2023 Proteins in saliva of gall-forming insect larvae govern insect-host plant interactions. Contarinia nasturtii, the swede midge, is a pest of brassicaceous vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli) and canola.
Boyd A. Mori +3 more
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Full-length transcriptome and targeted metabolome analyses provide insights into defense mechanisms of Malus sieversii against Agrilus mali [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Malus sieversii is the wild progenitor for many cultivars of domesticated apple and an important germplasm resource for breeding. However, this valuable species faces a significant threat in the areas north of the Tianshan Mountains in China, by the ...
Chuang Mei +10 more
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