Body-size control: how an insect knows it has grown enough.
Insulin signaling controls organ growth and final body size in insects. Recent results have begun to clarify how insulin signaling drives organ growth to match nutrient levels, but have not yet elucidated how insulin signaling controls final body size.
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Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. dstern@Princeton.edu
D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
D007301:Insect Hormones; D007328:Insulin