Ecdysteroid-induced programmed cell death is essential for sex-specific wing degeneration of the wingless-female winter moth.

The winter moth, Nyssiodes lefuarius, has a unique life history in that adults appear during early spring after a long pupal diapause from summer to winter. The moth exhibits striking sexual dimorphism in wing form; males have functional wings of normal size, whereas females lack wings. We previousl...

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Auteurs principaux: Shuhei Niitsu, Kouhei Toga, Shigekazu Tomizuka, Kiyoto Maekawa, Ryuichiro Machida, Takehiko Kamito
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/9129cd51a938467582996115ede4055e
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