Hormonal Integration of Egg Production inRhodnius prolixus
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- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Zoologist
- Vol. 33 (3) , 397-402
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/33.3.397
Abstract
SYNOPSIS. This paper reviews the evidence dealing with hormonal controls on egg production in Rhodnius prolixus by which the inputs of feeding and mating are integrated. Juvenile hormone, secreted by the corpus allatum, plays a central role in egg production, intervening at several sites to control the duration of egg production. The controls on the corpus allatum are complex and apparently highly redundant, and the necessity for this redundancy is analysed in terms of the strategic advantage conferred on the insect by this network of controls.Keywords
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