title: Big or fast: two strategies in the developmental control of body size.
abstract: Adult body size is controlled by the mechanisms that stop growth when a species-characteristic size has been reached. The mechanisms by which size is sensed and by which this information is transduced to the growth regulating system are beginning to be understood in a few species of insects. Two rather different strategies for control have been discovered; one favors large body size and the other favors rapid development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA. hfn@duke.edu.
authors.forename: H Frederik
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Nijhout
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D018402:Manduca / Q000254:growth & development*; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases