Suppression of Steroid Hormone Release (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Suppression of Steroid Hormone Release

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Suppression of steroid hormone release causes developmental delay. Compared to a control (normal) insect on the left, pupariation of the maggot whose steroid hormone release is disrupted is significantly delayed, and the extended larval feeding period gives rise to a big pupa (right).

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N. Yamanaka, UC Riverside.

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