PROTHORACIC GLAND INVOLUTION RELATED TO MOLTING HORMONE LEVELS DURING THE METAMORPHOSIS OF TENEBRIO-MOLITOR L

被引:35
作者
GLITHO, I
DELBECQUE, JP
DELACHAMBRE, J
机构
[1] Equipe de Recherche Associée au C.N.R.S. No. 231, Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire de Zoologie, 21100 Dijon, Boulevard Gabriel
关键词
ecdysteroids; Moulting; prothoracic gland;
D O I
10.1016/0022-1910(79)90098-2
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Q96 [昆虫学];
学科分类号
摘要
Prothoracic gland (PG) of Tenebrio shows ultrastructural changes which can be correlated with ecdysteroid levels (measured by radioimmunoassay) during larval-pupal development. However, the gland cells begin to degenerate before pupal-adult ecdysis: the PG involution is completed before the moulting hormone peak which triggers pupal-adult development. These facts strongly suggest that another endocrine organ produces moulting hormone needed for adult development. © 1979.
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