Size matters (but so does time), and it's OK to be different.
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Nijhout, HF
Published in: Developmental cell
October 2008
In this issue of Developmental Cell, Layalle et al. reveal new insights into how nutrition controls body size in Drosophila. Nutrition specifically affects the activity of target of rapamycin (TOR) in the prothoracic gland. Under low-nutrition conditions, TOR suppresses ecdysone secretion--which otherwise terminates larval development--thereby prolonging growth and allowing larvae to still attain a near-normal body size.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Developmental cell
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EISSN
1878-1551
ISSN
1534-5807
Publication Date
October 2008
Volume
15
Issue
4
Start / End Page
491 / 492
Related Subject Headings
- Sirolimus
- Signal Transduction
- Larva
- Ecdysone
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila
- Diet
- Developmental Biology
- Body Size
- Animals
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Nijhout, H. F. (2008). Size matters (but so does time), and it's OK to be different. Developmental Cell, 15(4), 491–492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2008.09.014
Nijhout, H Frederik. “Size matters (but so does time), and it's OK to be different.” Developmental Cell 15, no. 4 (October 2008): 491–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2008.09.014.
Nijhout HF. Size matters (but so does time), and it's OK to be different. Developmental cell. 2008 Oct;15(4):491–2.
Nijhout, H. Frederik. “Size matters (but so does time), and it's OK to be different.” Developmental Cell, vol. 15, no. 4, Oct. 2008, pp. 491–92. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2008.09.014.
Nijhout HF. Size matters (but so does time), and it's OK to be different. Developmental cell. 2008 Oct;15(4):491–492.
Published In
Developmental cell
DOI
EISSN
1878-1551
ISSN
1534-5807
Publication Date
October 2008
Volume
15
Issue
4
Start / End Page
491 / 492
Related Subject Headings
- Sirolimus
- Signal Transduction
- Larva
- Ecdysone
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila
- Diet
- Developmental Biology
- Body Size
- Animals