title: Insect physiology: the emerging story of ecdysis.
abstract: The discovery of a new insect peptide hormone that triggers ecdysis - shedding of an old cuticle - has revealed hidden layers of intricacy about an insect behavior previously thought to be mediated by a single neuropeptide.
authors.affiliation: ARL Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hesterlee
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D018402:Manduca / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D018978:Molting / Q000502:physiology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007301:Insect Hormones; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C097515:Manduca sexta ecdysis-triggering hormone; D010455:Peptides; C042645:eclosion hormone