Juvenile hormone and the physiological basis of insect polymorphisms.
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Nijhout, HF; Wheeler, DE
Published in: Quarterly Review of Biology
January 1, 1982
Juvenile hormone is involved in the control of gene switching and exerts this control only during certain critical periods. As a rule one or more critical periods exist during each pre-reproductive instar. The presence or absence of JH during any given critical period somehow causes the insect to 'choose' between alternative developmental pathways. Using this model for the action of JH, the authors discuss the endocrine control of metamorphosis, phase determination in locusts and aphids, caste determination in social insects, and certain color polymorphisms. -from Authors
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0033-5770
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
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57
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2
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109 / 133
Related Subject Headings
- Evolutionary Biology
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
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Nijhout, H. F., & Wheeler, D. E. (1982). Juvenile hormone and the physiological basis of insect polymorphisms. Quarterly Review of Biology, 57(2), 109–133. https://doi.org/10.1086/412671
Nijhout, H. F., and D. E. Wheeler. “Juvenile hormone and the physiological basis of insect polymorphisms.” Quarterly Review of Biology 57, no. 2 (January 1, 1982): 109–33. https://doi.org/10.1086/412671.
Nijhout HF, Wheeler DE. Juvenile hormone and the physiological basis of insect polymorphisms. Quarterly Review of Biology. 1982 Jan 1;57(2):109–33.
Nijhout, H. F., and D. E. Wheeler. “Juvenile hormone and the physiological basis of insect polymorphisms.” Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 57, no. 2, Jan. 1982, pp. 109–33. Scopus, doi:10.1086/412671.
Nijhout HF, Wheeler DE. Juvenile hormone and the physiological basis of insect polymorphisms. Quarterly Review of Biology. 1982 Jan 1;57(2):109–133.
Published In
Quarterly Review of Biology
DOI
ISSN
0033-5770
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Volume
57
Issue
2
Start / End Page
109 / 133
Related Subject Headings
- Evolutionary Biology
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences