U of M researchers discover how a brain hormone controls insect metamorphosis
Discovery offers opportunity to develop new environmentally safe ways to control pests
04-Dec-2009 -
A team of University of Minnesota researchers have discovered how PTTH, a hormone produced by the brain, controls the metamorphosis of juvenile insects into adults. The finding, published in Science, will help scientists understand how insect body size is programmed in response to developmental ...
biology
fruit flies
genetics
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