Body-size control: how an insect knows it has grown enough.

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Curr Biol. 2003 Apr 1;13(7):R267-9

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Body-size control: how an insect knows it has grown enough. Stern Lab

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Note: Research in this publication was not performed at Janelia.

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Abstract

Insulin signaling controls organ growth and final body size in insects. Recent results have begun to clarify how insulin signaling drives organ growth to match nutrient levels, but have not yet elucidated how insulin signaling controls final body size.

PMID: 12676103 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Body-size control: how an insect knows it has grown enough.

Note: Research in this publication was not performed at Janelia.

Abstract

PMID: 12676103 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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