Knockout silkworms reveal a dispensable role for juvenile hormones in holometabolous life cycle
Knockout silkworms reveal a dispensable role for juvenile hormones in holometabolous life cycle
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Insect juvenile hormones (JHs) prevent precocious metamorphosis and allow larvae to undergo multiple rounds of status quo molts. However, the roles of JHs during the embryonic and very early larval stages have not been fully understood. We generated and characterized knockout silkworms (Bombyx mori) with null mutations in JH biosynthesis or JH rece...
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Knockout silkworms reveal a dispensable role for juvenile hormones in holometabolous life cycle
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4534237
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4534237
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1506645112
