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. 
  • Food consumption of the adult landlocked sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, L. 
  • 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