Larva

• 

  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Quantitative Analysis of Growth and Size Regulation in Manduca sexta: The Physiological Basis of Variation in Size and Age at Metamorphosis. 
  • A bioenergetics assay for studying the effects of environmental stressors on mitochondrial function in vivo in zebrafish larvae. 
  • A comparative study of asymmetric migration events across a marine biogeographic boundary. 
  • A multi-locus assessment of connectivity and historical demography in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum). 
  • A quantitative analysis of the mechanism that controls body size in Manduca sexta. 
  • A randomized longitudinal factorial design to assess malaria vector control and disease management interventions in rural Tanzania. 
  • A single valine residue plays an essential role in peripherin/rds targeting to photoreceptor outer segments. 
  • A switch in the control of growth of the wing imaginal disks of Manduca sexta. 
  • A threshold size for metamorphosis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.). 
  • Acoustofluidic rotational tweezing enables high-speed contactless morphological phenotyping of zebrafish larvae. 
  • Acute Exposure to Permethrin Modulates Behavioral Functions, Redox, and Bioenergetics Parameters and Induces DNA Damage and Cell Death in Larval Zebrafish. 
  • Adhesive latching and legless leaping in small, worm-like insect larvae. 
  • Age-dependent in situ hepatic and gill CYP1A activity in the see-through medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Alpha-amanitin-resistant D. melanogaster with an altered RNA polymerase II. 
  • Amyloid precursor protein 96-110 and beta-amyloid 1-42 elicit developmental anomalies in sea urchin embryos and larvae that are alleviated by neurotransmitter analogs for acetylcholine, serotonin and cannabinoids. 
  • An eco-physiological model of the impact of temperature on Aedes aegypti life history traits. 
  • An empirical test of the aggregation model of coexistence and consequences for competing container-dwelling mosquitoes. 
  • An epilepsy/dyskinesia-associated mutation enhances BK channel activation by potentiating Ca2+ sensing. 
  • Antioxidant responses and oxidative stress in sheepshead minnow larvae exposed to Corexit 9500^® or its component surfactant, DOSS. 
  • Autofocus algorithm for dispersion correction in optical coherence tomography. 
  • BDE 49 and developmental toxicity in zebrafish. 
  • Balboa binds to pickpocket in vivo and is required for mechanical nociception in Drosophila larvae. 
  • Barnacle biology before, during and after settlement and metamorphosis: a study of the interface. 
  • Barnacle reattachment: a tool for studying barnacle adhesion. 
  • Base plate mechanics of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite (=Amphibalanus amphitrite). 
  • Biological assessment of bisphenol A degradation in water following direct photolysis and UV advanced oxidation. 
  • Bombyxin is a growth factor for wing imaginal disks in Lepidoptera. 
  • Branching out: origins of the sea urchin larval skeleton in development and evolution. 
  • Calcineurin governs thermotolerance and virulence of Cryptococcus gattii. 
  • Calcineurin orchestrates dimorphic transitions, antifungal drug responses and host-pathogen interactions of the pathogenic mucoralean fungus Mucor circinelloides. 
  • Chlorpyrifos exposure of developing zebrafish: effects on survival and long-term effects on response latency and spatial discrimination. 
  • Circadian rhythm in larval release by the crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii: entrainment model. 
  • Cold temperature improves mobility and survival in Drosophila models of autosomal-dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia (AD-HSP). 
  • Collagen, collagenase and clinicians. 
  • Community knowledge and acceptance of larviciding for malaria control in a rural district of east-central Tanzania. 
  • Comparative Developmental Transcriptomics Reveals Rewiring of a Highly Conserved Gene Regulatory Network during a Major Life History Switch in the Sea Urchin Genus Heliocidaris. 
  • Confocal microscopy-based goniometry of barnacle cyprid permanent adhesive. 
  • Constraint and developmental dissociation of phenotypic integration in a genetically accommodated trait. 
  • Contribution of neutral processes to the assembly of gut microbial communities in the zebrafish over host development. 
  • Control of body size by oxygen supply reveals size-dependent and size-independent mechanisms of molting and metamorphosis. 
  • Control of moulting and metamorphosis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.): growth of the last-instar larva and the decision to pupate. 
  • Coordinate synthesis of two myosins in wild-type and mutant nematode muscle during larval development. 
  • Cost of microbial larviciding for malaria control in rural Tanzania. 
  • Culture of echinoderm larvae through metamorphosis. 
  • DSC1 channel-dependent developmental regulation of pyrethroid susceptibility in Drosophila melanogaster. 
  • Deficiencies in mitochondrial dynamics sensitize Caenorhabditis elegans to arsenite and other mitochondrial toxicants by reducing mitochondrial adaptability. 
  • Detection of autofluorescent Mycobacterium chelonae in living zebrafish. 
  • Determining the sensitive developmental stages of intersex induction in medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to 17 beta-estradiol or testosterone. 
  • Developmental chlorpyrifos effects on hatchling zebrafish swimming behavior. 
  • Developmental constraints on the evolution of wing-body allometry in Manduca sexta. 
  • Developmental exposure to a complex PAH mixture causes persistent behavioral effects in naive Fundulus heteroclitus (killifish) but not in a population of PAH-adapted killifish. 
  • Developmental exposure to an organophosphate flame retardant alters later behavioral responses to dopamine antagonism in zebrafish larvae. 
  • Developmental mechanisms of threshold evolution in a polyphenic beetle. 
  • Developmental origin of peripheral ciliary band neurons in the sea urchin embryo. 
  • Developmental toxicity and DNA damage from exposure to parking lot runoff retention pond samples in the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages. 
  • Differential acetylcholinesterase inhibition of chlorpyrifos, diazinon and parathion in larval zebrafish. 
  • Differential regulation of polarized synaptic vesicle trafficking and synapse stability in neural circuit rewiring in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Disarming the mustard oil bomb. 
  • Distribution of Aedes mosquitoes in the Kilimanjaro Region of northern Tanzania. 
  • Dopamine D1 and D2 receptor antagonism during development alters later behavior in zebrafish. 
  • Dosimetry of the chemical mutagen ethyl methanesulfonate in spermatozoan DNA from Drosophila melanogaster. 
  • Drosophila APC2 is a cytoskeletally-associated protein that regulates wingless signaling in the embryonic epidermis. 
  • Dual Molecular Effects of Dominant RORA Mutations Cause Two Variants of Syndromic Intellectual Disability with Either Autism or Cerebellar Ataxia. 
  • Dynamics of juvenile hormone action in larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.). 
  • Effects of Toxic Leachate from Commercial Plastics on Larval Survival and Settlement of the Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite. 
  • Effects of benzo[a]pyrene on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA damage in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a creosote-contaminated and reference site. 
  • Entrainment of the Circadian Rhythm in Egg Hatching of the Crab Dyspanopeus sayi by Chemical Cues from Ovigerous Females. 
  • Estrogenic responses of larval sunshine bass (Morone saxatilis x M. Chrysops) exposed to New York City sewage effluent. 
  • Evaluation of fish models of soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition. 
  • Evidence for transovarial transmission of tick-borne rickettsiae circulating in Northern Mongolia. 
  • Evolution of a polyphenism by genetic accommodation. 
  • Evolution of novel abdominal appendages in a sepsid fly from histoblasts, not imaginal discs. 
  • Evolutionary modification of cell lineage in the direct-developing sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma. 
  • Excretory role of the midgut in larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.). 
  • Exploring the Role of Insulin Signaling in Relative Growth: A Case Study on Wing-Body Scaling in Lepidoptera. 
  • Exposure to 1,2-Propanediol Impacts Early Development of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Induces Hyperactivity. 
  • Fast-Fourier-domain delay line for in vivo optical coherence tomography with a polygonal scanner. 
  • Fizzy-Related dictates A cell cycle switch during organ repair and tissue growth responses in the Drosophila hindgut. 
  • Focus on butterfly eyespot development. 
  • Food perception without ingestion leads to metabolic changes and irreversible developmental arrest in C. elegans. 
  • Gene expression and larval evolution: changing roles of distal-less and orthodenticle in echinoderm larvae. 
  • Gene expression during echinoderm metamorphosis. 
  • Genetic DISC-section of regeneration in Drosophila. 
  • Genetic basis for divergence in developmental gene expression in two closely related sea urchins. 
  • Genetic basis of adaptive evolution of a polyphenism by genetic accommodation. 
  • Genome-wide patterns of expression in Drosophila pure species and hybrid males. II. Examination of multiple-species hybridizations, platforms, and life cycle stages. 
  • Genomic dissection of conserved transcriptional regulation in intestinal epithelial cells. 
  • Geographic variation of caste structure among ant populations. 
  • Gp93, the Drosophila GRP94 ortholog, is required for gut epithelial homeostasis and nutrient assimilation-coupled growth control. 
  • Habitat restoration affects immature stages of a wetland butterfly through indirect effects on predation. 
  • Heat-shock-specific phosphorylation and transcriptional activity of RNA polymerase II. 
  • Hormonal control of growth in the wing imaginal disks of Junonia coenia: the relative contributions of insulin and ecdysone. 
  • Host Plant Choice Determined by Reproductive Interference between Closely Related Butterflies. 
  • Human interleukin-2 production in insect (Trichoplusia ni) larvae: effects and partial control of proteolysis. 
  • Identification of Aedes aegypti and its respective life stages by real-time polymerase chain reaction. 
  • Identification of asteroid genera with species capable of larval cloning. 
  • Identification of late larval stage developmental checkpoints in Caenorhabditis elegans regulated by insulin/IGF and steroid hormone signaling pathways. 
  • Identification of mitochondrial cytochrome P450 induced in response to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). 
  • Impacts of anthropogenic disturbances at deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems: a review. 
  • In vitro proteolysis of a large subunit of Drosophila melanogaster RNA polymerase B. 
  • In vivo analysis of white adipose tissue in zebrafish. 
  • Indispensable pre-mitotic endocycles promote aneuploidy in the Drosophila rectum. 
  • Infection-Induced Vascular Permeability Aids Mycobacterial Growth. 
  • Infectious disease models in zebrafish. 
  • Inhibition of barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite) cyprid settlement by means of localized, pulsed electric fields. 
  • Inhibition of barnacle larval settlement and crustacean toxicity of some hoplonemertine pyridyl alkaloids. 
  • Ins-4 and daf-28 function redundantly to regulate C. elegans L1 arrest. 
  • Insulin/IGF Signaling and Vitellogenin Provisioning Mediate Intergenerational Adaptation to Nutrient Stress. 
  • Interception of host angiogenic signalling limits mycobacterial growth. 
  • Interorgan regulation of Drosophila intestinal stem cell proliferation by a hybrid organ boundary zone. 
  • Introduction to zebrafish: current discoveries and emerging technologies for neurobehavioral toxicology and teratology. 
  • Involvement of reactive oxygen species in the electrochemical inhibition of barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite) settlement. 
  • Isolation and insecticidal activity of mellamide from Aspergillus melleus. 
  • Joint acute toxicity of esfenvalerate and diazinon to larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). 
  • Katanin p60-like1 promotes microtubule growth and terminal dendrite stability in the larval class IV sensory neurons of Drosophila. 
  • Larval Development: Making Ants into Soldiers. 
  • Larval biology of the crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould): a synthesis. 
  • Larval release behaviors in the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus: role of peptide pheromones. 
  • Larval release rhythm of the mole crab Emerita talpoida (Say). 
  • Laser-scanning velocimetry: a confocal microscopy method for quantitative measurement of cardiovascular performance in zebrafish embryos and larvae. 
  • Live Imaging of Host-Parasite Interactions in a Zebrafish Infection Model Reveals Cryptococcal Determinants of Virulence and Central Nervous System Invasion. 
  • Live Imaging of Host-Pathogen Interactions in Zebrafish Larvae. 
  • Localization of a baculovirus-induced chitinase in the insect cell endoplasmic reticulum. 
  • Loss of cftr function leads to pancreatic destruction in larval zebrafish. 
  • Love at First Taste: Induction of Larval Settlement by Marine Microbes. 
  • MANF deletion abrogates early larval Caenorhabditis elegans stress response to tunicamycin and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 
  • Maternal Diet and Insulin-Like Signaling Control Intergenerational Plasticity of Progeny Size and Starvation Resistance. 
  • Maternal transfer of nanoplastics to offspring in zebrafish (Danio rerio): A case study with nanopolystyrene. 
  • Mechanical Properties of a Drosophila Larval Chordotonal Organ. 
  • Mechanism of threshold size assessment: Metamorphosis is triggered by the TGF-beta/Activin ligand Myoglianin. 
  • Mecp2 regulates tnfa during zebrafish embryonic development and acute inflammation. 
  • Microbial colonization induces dynamic temporal and spatial patterns of NF-κB activation in the zebrafish digestive tract. 
  • Microbial colonization is required for normal neurobehavioral development in zebrafish. 
  • Microgavage of zebrafish larvae. 
  • Microplastics in Small Waterbodies and Tadpoles from Yangtze River Delta, China. 
  • Mitochondrial ROS cause motor deficits induced by synaptic inactivity: Implications for synapse pruning. 
  • Mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy aid in removal of persistent mitochondrial DNA damage in Caenorhabditis elegans 
  • Molecular phylogeny of the Blastocladiomycota (Fungi) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA. 
  • Morphological Murals: The Scaling and Allometry of Butterfly Wing Patterns. 
  • Multicolor mapping of the cardiomyocyte proliferation dynamics that construct the atrium. 
  • Mutation spectrum of 2-chloroethyl methanesulfonate in Drosophila melanogaster premeiotic germ cells. 
  • Neural Circuits Underlying Visually Evoked Escapes in Larval Zebrafish. 
  • Nociceptor-Enriched Genes Required for Normal Thermal Nociception. 
  • Nonselective autophagy reduces mitochondrial content during starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Novel origins of lineage founder cells in the direct-developing sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma. 
  • Ontogeny of the basal lamina in the sea urchin embryo. 
  • Outcomes of developmental exposure to total particulate matter from cigarette smoke in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • Partial co-option of the appendage patterning pathway in the development of abdominal appendages in the sepsid fly Themira biloba. 
  • Persistent behavioral effects following early life exposure to retinoic acid or valproic acid in zebrafish. 
  • Pharmaceuticals as antifoulants: concept and principles. 
  • Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models. 
  • Posterior internal ophthalmomyiasis. Identification of a surgically removed Cuterebra larva by scanning electron microscopy. 
  • Potentiation of P2RX7 as a host-directed strategy for control of mycobacterial infection. 
  • Process Evaluation of a Community-Based Microbial Larviciding Intervention for Malaria Control in Rural Tanzania. 
  • Projections of Drosophila multidendritic neurons in the central nervous system: links with peripheral dendrite morphology. 
  • Proximate control of diel vertical migration in Phyllosoma larvae of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus. 
  • RNA polymerase B (or II) in heat induced puffs of Drosophila polytene chromosomes. 
  • RNA polymerase B from Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Purification and partial characterization. 
  • RNA sequencing of isolated cell populations expressing human APOL1 G2 risk variant reveals molecular correlates of sickle cell nephropathy in zebrafish podocytes. 
  • Rapamycin exerts antifungal activity in vitro and in vivo against Mucor circinelloides via FKBP12-dependent inhibition of Tor. 
  • Real-time imaging of morphogenetic movements in Drosophila using Gal4-UAS-driven expression of GFP fused to the actin-binding domain of moesin. 
  • Rearing larvae of sea urchins and sea stars for developmental studies. 
  • Recyclable plastics as substrata for settlement and growth of bryozoans Bugula neritina and barnacles Amphibalanus amphitrite. 
  • Regulation of intrahepatic biliary duct morphogenesis by Claudin 15-like b. 
  • Regulative capacity of the archenteron during gastrulation in the sea urchin. 
  • Relationship between serum antibodies and Taenia solium larvae burden in pigs raised in field conditions. 
  • Repeated Failure in Reward Pursuit Alters Innate Drosophila Larval Behaviors. 
  • Reproductive output and duration of the pelagic larval stage determine seascape-wide connectivity of marine populations. 
  • Roles of wingless in patterning the larval epidermis of Drosophila. 
  • Sea urchin embryos and larvae as biosensors for neurotoxicants. 
  • Sensory integration and neuromodulatory feedback facilitate Drosophila mechanonociceptive behavior. 
  • Silver exposure in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio): persistent effects on larval behavior and survival. 
  • Silver nanoparticle toxicity to Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) and Caenorhabditis elegans: a comparison of mesocosm, microcosm, and conventional laboratory studies. 
  • Silver nanoparticles alter zebrafish development and larval behavior: distinct roles for particle size, coating and composition. 
  • Single-target molecule detection with nonbleaching multicolor optical immunolabels. 
  • Size matters (but so does time), and it's OK to be different. 
  • Specification to biomineralization: following a single cell type as it constructs a skeleton. 
  • Speckle reduction by I-divergence regularization in optical coherence tomography. 
  • Spinal projection neurons control turning behaviors in zebrafish. 
  • Stage sensitivity of medaka (Oryzias latipes) eggs and embryos to permethrin. 
  • Stage-dependent differences in effects of carbaryl on population growth rate in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Stage-specific toxicity of cypermethrin to medaka (Oryzias latipes) eggs and embryos using a refined methodology for an in vitro fertilization bioassay. 
  • Strengths and limitations of morphological and behavioral analyses in detecting dopaminergic deficiency in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Study of host-microbe interactions in zebrafish. 
  • Sublethal effects of pentachlorophenol in abalone (Haliotis rufescens) veliger larvae as measured by (31)P-NMR. 
  • Synergistic roles for lipids and proteins in the permanent adhesive of barnacle larvae. 
  • Tap-scanning and extractive foraging in aye-ayes, Daubentonia madagascariensis. 
  • The Dh gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a diuretic peptide that acts through cyclic AMP. 
  • The Drosophila hindgut lacks constitutively active adult stem cells but proliferates in response to tissue damage. 
  • The Importance of Interspecific Interactions on the Present Range of the Invasive Mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Persistence of Resident Container Species in the United States. 
  • The Macrophage-Specific Promoter mfap4 Allows Live, Long-Term Analysis of Macrophage Behavior during Mycobacterial Infection in Zebrafish. 
  • The case for thyroid disruption in early life stage exposures to thiram in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • The cellular and physiological mechanism of wing-body scaling in Manduca sexta. 
  • The control of growth and differentiation of the wing imaginal disks of Manduca sexta. 
  • The development of wing shape in Lepidoptera: mitotic density, not orientation, is the primary determinant of shape. 
  • The developmental control of size in insects. 
  • The effect of salinity upon phototaxis and geotaxis in a larval crustacean. 
  • The evolution of embryonic patterning mechanisms in animals. 
  • The evolution of larval morphology and swimming performance in ascidians. 
  • The impact of gene expression variation on the robustness and evolvability of a developmental gene regulatory network. 
  • The role of low levels of juvenile hormone esterase in the metamorphosis of Manduca sexta. 
  • Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist-exploiter interactions: the potential role of competition. 
  • To grow or not to grow: nutritional control of development during Caenorhabditis elegans L1 arrest. 
  • Transcriptional profiling of olfactory system development identifies distal antenna as a regulator of subset of neuronal fates. 
  • Transgenerational Effects of Early Life Starvation on Growth, Reproduction, and Stress Resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Transgenerational Effects of Extended Dauer Diapause on Starvation Survival and Gene Expression Plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans . 
  • Transmutation of carbon-14 within DNA of Drosophila melanogaster spermatozoa. 
  • Two chemosensory receptors together mediate carbon dioxide detection in Drosophila. 
  • Uptake of silver nanoparticles and toxicity to early life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): effect of coating materials. 
  • Using whole mount in situ hybridization to examine thyroid hormone deiodinase expression in embryonic and larval zebrafish: a tool for examining OH-BDE toxicity to early life stages. 
  • Variation in toxicity of copper pyrithione among populations and families of the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite. 
  • When developmental pathways diverge. 
  • Yantar, a conserved arginine-rich protein is involved in Drosophila hemocyte development. 
  • Zebrafish CYP1A expression in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans protects from exposures to benzo[a]pyrene and a complex polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixture. 
  • Zebrafish provide a sensitive model of persisting neurobehavioral effects of developmental chlorpyrifos exposure: comparison with nicotine and pilocarpine effects and relationship to dopamine deficits. 
  • [Cholinergic regulation of the sea urchin embryonic and larval development]. 
  • dbl-1/TGF-β and daf-12/NHR Signaling Mediate Cell-Nonautonomous Effects of daf-16/FOXO on Starvation-Induced Developmental Arrest. 
• 

  Keywords of People

  • Baugh, L. Ryan, Associate Professor of Biology, Biology
  • Bejsovec, Amy, Associate Professor of Biology, Biology
  • Meyer, Joel, Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown and Sons Associate Professor of Molecular Environmental Toxicology, Duke University Energy Initiative
  • Wray, Gregory Allan, Professor of Biology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship