EXTERNAL REGULATORS. “It is clear that these trait-autonomous processes are also regulated at a higher level. In insects, developmental hormones such as the ecdysteroids and JHs and external factors such as starvation and extreme temperatures are known to affect whole-animal growth and thus also the final sizes of traits.” (JH = juvenile hormone).
http://www.pnas.org/content/95/7/3685.full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022