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Coordinating Fruit-Fly Metamorphosis and Growth (5 of 5)

Caption: Symmetry, plasticity, and control of maturation time by Drosophila insulin-like peptide 8. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the May 4, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Andres Garelli at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in Alicante, Spain, and colleagues was titled, "Imaginal Discs Secrete Insulin-Like Peptide 8 to Mediate Plasticity of Growth and Maturation."

Credit: Video courtesy of Andre Garelli and Maria Dominguez

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