Metamorphosis, Biological
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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 threshold size for metamorphosis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.).
- Barnacle biology before, during and after settlement and metamorphosis: a study of the interface.
- Body size determination in insects: a review and synthesis of size- and brain-dependent and independent mechanisms.
- Colour pattern modification by coldshock in Lepidoptera.
- 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.): cessation of juvenile hormone secretion as a trigger for pupation.
- Control of moulting and metamorphosis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.): growth of the last-instar larva and the decision to pupate.
- Culture of echinoderm larvae through metamorphosis.
- Dendrite-specific remodeling of Drosophila sensory neurons requires matrix metalloproteases, ubiquitin-proteasome, and ecdysone signaling.
- Development and evolution of adaptive polyphenisms.
- Differences in the regulation of messenger RNA for housekeeping and specialized-cell ferritin. A comparison of three distinct ferritin complementary DNAs, the corresponding subunits, and identification of the first processed in amphibia.
- Gene expression during echinoderm metamorphosis.
- Hemoglobins of the tadpole of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. pH dependence of ligand binding and subunit dissociation equilibria and kinetics.
- Inhibition of barnacle larval settlement and crustacean toxicity of some hoplonemertine pyridyl alkaloids.
- Larval biology of the crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould): a synthesis.
- Mutational analysis of endothelin receptor b1 (rose) during neural crest and pigment pattern development in the zebrafish Danio rerio.
- Structural and functional development of cricket ring muscles.
- Synthetic peptide analogs to barnacle settlement pheromone.
- Temporal pattern of appearance and distribution of cholecystokinin-like peptides during development in Xenopus laevis.
- The role of low levels of juvenile hormone esterase in the metamorphosis of Manduca sexta.
- Transcriptomic analysis of the highly derived radial body plan of a sea urchin.
- Ultrastructural changes accompanying secretion and cell death in the molting glands of an insect (Oncopeltus).
- Use of time-lapse imaging and dominant negative receptors to dissect the steroid receptor control of neuronal remodeling in Drosophila.
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Keywords of People
- Wray, Gregory Allan, Professor of Biology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship