Ecdysteroids are a class of steroid hormones that controls molting and metamorphic
transitions in Ecdysozoan species including insects, in which ecdysteroid biosynthesis and …

A pair of Y-organs (YOs) are the molting glands of decapod crustaceans. They synthesize
and secrete steroid molting hormones (ecdysteroids) and their activity is controlled by …

Highlights•Insect body size is both diverse across species and sensitive to nutrition.•Nutrition
regulates body size by altering growth rates and the duration of growth.•Nutrition exerts its …

We reared Cloeon dipterum from egg hatch to adult at 10 constant temperatures (12.1–33.5°
C) to test 3 hypotheses (thermal equilibrium hypothesis, temperature size rule [TSR], and O2 …

Two major hormones, juvenile hormone (JH) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), regulate
insect growth and development according to their precisely coordinated titres, which are …

Highlights•Allometry describes the relationship between organ and body size.•Changes in
allometry generate the vast diversity of animal shapes.•Understanding how allometry …

Simple Summary The mosquito Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) is responsible for the spread of
viruses such as Zika and Dengue. The nutritional environment of immature Ae. aegypti is …

Abstract Termites (Blattodea, Termitoidea, or Isoptera) constitute one of the major lineages
of eusocial insects. In termite societies, multiple types of functional individuals, that is …

In decapod crustaceans, arthropod steroid hormones or ecdysteroids regulate molting.
These hormones are synthesized and released from a pair of molting glands called the Y …

Body size is an important phenotypic trait that correlates with performance and fitness. For
determinate growing insects, body size variation is determined by growth rate and the …