Habenstein, Jens Thamm, Markus Rössler, Wolfgang
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The Journal of comparative neurology
Age-related behavioral plasticity is a major prerequisite for the ecological success of insect societies. Although ecological aspects of behavioral flexibility have been targeted in many studies, the underlying intrinsic mechanisms controlling the diverse changes in behavior along the individual life history of social insects are not completely und...
Tsuchiya, Ryoma Kaneshima, Aino Kobayashi, Masakazu Yamazaki, Maki Takasu, Yoko Sezutsu, Hideki Tanaka, Yoshiaki Mizoguchi, Akira Shiomi, Kunihiro
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Diapause represents a major developmental switch in insects and is a seasonal adaptation that evolved as a specific subtype of dormancy in most insect species to ensure survival under unfavorable environmental conditions and synchronize populations. However, the hierarchical relationship of the molecular mechanisms involved in the perception of env...
Imura, Eisuke Shimada-Niwa, Yuko Nishimura, Takashi Hückesfeld, Sebastian Schlegel, Philipp Ohhara, Yuya Kondo, Shu Tanimoto, Hiromu Cardona, Albert Pankratz, Michael J
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Current biology : CB
Steroid hormones play key roles in development, growth, and reproduction in various animal phyla [1]. The insect steroid hormone, ecdysteroid, coordinates growth and maturation, represented by molting and metamorphosis [2]. In Drosophila melanogaster, the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH)-producing neurons stimulate peak levels of ecdysteroid biosy...
Andreatta, Gabriele; Broyart, Caroline; Borghgraef, Charline; 99696; Vadiwala, Karim; Kozin, Vitaly; Polo, Alessandra; Bileck, Andrea; Beets, Isabel; 64034; Schoofs, Liliane; 9494; Gerner, Christopher;
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The molecular mechanisms by which animals integrate external stimuli with internal energy balance to regulate major developmental and reproductive events still remain enigmatic. We investigated this aspect in the marine bristleworm, Platynereis dumerilii, a species where sexual maturation is tightly regulated by both metabolic state and lunar cycle...
Andreatta, Gabriele Broyart, Caroline Borghgraef, Charline Vadiwala, Karim Kozin, Vitaly Polo, Alessandra Bileck, Andrea Beets, Isabel Schoofs, Liliane Gerner, Christopher
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The molecular mechanisms by which animals integrate external stimuli with internal energy balance to regulate major developmental and reproductive events still remain enigmatic. We investigated this aspect in the marine bristleworm, Platynereis dumerilii , a species where sexual maturation is tightly regulated by both metabolic state and lunar cycl...
Hou, Qiu-Li Chen, Er-Hu Jiang, Hong-Bo Yu, Shuai-Feng Yang, Pei-Jin Liu, Xiao-Qiang Park, Yoonseong Wang, Jin-Jun Smagghe, Guy
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Frontiers in Physiology
Corazonin (Crz) is a widely distributed neuropeptide (or neurohormone) in insects with diverse physiological functions. The present study aimed to reveal the functions of Crz and its receptor (CrzR) in the regulation of sexual behavior and fertility in male Bactrocera dorsalis. Tissue-specific expression analyses showed that the BdCrz transcript wa...
Alexander, Jodi L. Oliphant, Andrew Wilcockson, David C. Audsley, Neil Down, Rachel E. Lafont, Rene Webster, Simon G.
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Frontiers in Neuroscience
Neuropeptides play a central role as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and hormones in orchestrating arthropod physiology. The post-genomic surge in identified neuropeptides and their putative receptors has not been matched by functional characterization of ligand-receptor pairs. Indeed, until very recently no G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) h...
Hoppes, Jodie Oliphant, Andrew Wilcockson, David Audsley, Neil Down, Roger Lafont, Rene Webster, Simon
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Hoppes, Jodie Oliphant, Andrew Wilcockson, David Audsley, Neil Down, Roger Lafont, Rene Webster, Simon
Peer reviewed
Hoppes, Jodie Oliphant, Andrew Wilcockson, David Audsley, Neil Down, Roger Lafont, Rene Webster, Simon
Peer reviewed
