Like humans, insects go through puberty. The process is known as metamorphosis. Examples include caterpillars turning into butterflies and maggots turning into flies.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2017
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Growing up just got more complicated. Thomas Jefferson University biochemistry researchers have shown for the first time that the receptor for a major insect molting hormone doesn't activate and repress genes as once thought. ...
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2011
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How does one genome create two completely different body plans in one animal? This was the question Konstantin Khalturin was attempting to answer when he began working on jellyfish. The fascinating story he discovered along ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2014
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Two independent groups of researchers have identified a hormone that is responsible for keeping the growth and development of insects on track. The results, which are reported in the journal Science, suggest that Dilp8 provides ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 4, 2012
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Unknown to passersby, a modest little creature with amazing abilities lives and breeds in the forests and paddy fields of Japan. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered how these amphibians' superpowers are unleashed.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2022
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have proposed a novel model that differs from a widely held hypothesis about the mechanisms by which developing animals pattern their tissues and structures.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2009
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A team of University of Minnesota researchers have discovered how PTTH, a hormone produced by the brain, controls the metamorphosis of juvenile insects into adults.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 3, 2009
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When tadpoles are but tadpoles, they're voracious eaters, chomping down all of the plant matter in their paths.
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2018
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Metamorphosis, or a dramatic change in physical appearance, is a normal part of the life cycle of many animals, carried out to take advantage of different ecological niches. Yet the process of metamorphosis—how a caterpillar ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2020
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Metamorphosis is required for most marine invertebrates to develop from larvae into adults. It is affected by abiotic factors such as temperature, salinity and illumination as well as biological factors such as food and microorganisms.
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2022
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