Hormonal termination of larval diapause in Dermacentor albipictus.
The molting hormone, alpha-ecdysone, and an analog triangle up(7)-5beta-cholestene-2beta,3beta, 14alpha-triol-6-one when applied externally, terminates diapause in larvae of the winter tick, Dermacentor albpictus. This is the first reported hormonal termination of diapause in an arthropod other than an insect.
D000818:Animals; D002776:Cholestanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004440:Ecdysone / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D008675:Metamorphosis, Biological; D013729:Terpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013987:Ticks / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
D002776:Cholestanes; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D013729:Terpenes; D004440:Ecdysone