Molting is critical for growth, development, reproduction, and survival in arthropods.
Complex neuroendocrine pathways are involved in the regulation of molting and may …

Studies in a variety of insects during the past four decades has deepened our understanding
of juvenile hormone (JH) physiology, but how this hormone works at the molecular level …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the juvenile hormones (JH). The JH, a family of
acyclic sesquiterpenoids, are essential to insect development and reproduction. This …

The three Drosophila EcR isoforms differ only at their N termini; thus, they share the
conserved ligand-binding domain transcriptional activation function (AF2) and only differ in …

Many insect developmental color changes are known to be regulated by both ecdysone and
juvenile hormone. Yet the molecular mechanisms underlying this regulation have not been …

Molting and ovulation are the basic processes responsible for the growth and reproduction
of Macrobrachium nipponense; however, the molecular mechanisms of molting and …

The cuticular melanization phenotype of black flies is rescued by β-alanine, but β-alanine
production, by aspartate decarboxylation, was reported to be normal in assays of black …

Background Butterfly wing color patterns are an important model system for understanding
the evolution and development of morphological diversity and animal pigmentation. Wing …

▪ Abstract Throughout its long evolutionary history, the Dopa decarboxylase gene (Ddc) has
acquired a variety of functions in insects. The enzyme (DDC) catalyzes the production of the …

We aimed to understand the underlying mechanism that regulates successively expressed
cuticular protein (CP) genes around pupation in Bombyx mori. Quantitative PCR was …