The interaction of feeding and mating in the hormonal control of egg production in Rhodnius prolixus.
The evidence relating feeding and mating to hormonal control of egg production in Rhodnius prolixus is reviewed from two perspectives. It identifies crucial areas in which information is lacking, and it attempts to relate the findings, most of which have been obtained on laboratory colonies isolated for many years, to the sylvan life of the insect as an opportunistic micropredator.
Davey
Kenneth
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Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada M3J 1P3. davey@yorku.ca
D000818:Animals; D003335:Corpora Allata / Q000378:metabolism*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology; D010060:Ovulation / Q000502:physiology; D010063:Ovum / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
D007605:Juvenile Hormones