Sex as regulator of triglyceride metabolism in the mosquito.
The female mosquito, in contrast to the male mosquito or the male and female house fly, synthesizes triglycerides when maintained on glucose; after 7 days, the amount of triglycerides in the female may be 50 times that in the male. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are absent from the newly synthesized triglycerides.
D009033:Culicidae; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D012723:Sex; D014280:Triglycerides
D005227:Fatty Acids; D014280:Triglycerides; D005947:Glucose
LIPIDS/metabolism; SEX