The control of body and organ growth is essential for the development of adults with proper
size and proportions, which is important for survival and reproduction. In animals, adult body …

Organisms adapt to changing environments by adjusting their development, metabolism,
and behavior to improve their chances of survival and reproduction. To achieve such …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

Chronobiology is the study of timing mechanisms in biological systems as diverse as plants,
animals and some micro-organisms. It includes rhythmic phenomena ranging from short …

The mechanisms that control the sizes of a body and its many parts remain among the great
puzzles in developmental biology. Why do animals grow to a species‐specific body size …

Males and females of nearly all animals differ in their body size, a phenomenon called
sexual size dimorphism (SSD). The degree and direction of SSD vary considerably among …

In insects, control of body size is intimately linked to nutritional quality as well as
environmental and genetic cues that regulate the timing of developmental transitions …

Size control depends on both the regulation of growth rate and the control over when to stop
growing. Studies of Drosophila melanogaster have shown that insulin and Target of …

Control mechanisms that regulate body size and tissue size have been sought at both the
cellular and organismal level. Cell-level studies have revealed much about the control of cell …

A genomic clone was isolated from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, by virtue of its
similarity to a Drosophila larval cuticle gene. RNA analysis shows that this clone, B311, is …