Juvenile hormone mediates lipid storage in the oocytes of Dipetalogaster maxima.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103499
Abstract: Triatomines are vectors of Chagas disease and important model organisms in insect physiology. "Kissing bugs" are obligatory hematophagous insects. A blood meal is required to successfully complete oogenesis, a process primarily controlled by juvenile hormone… read more here.
Keywords: lipid storage; storage oocytes; dipetalogaster maxima; juvenile hormone ... See more keywords