Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8878432 | Current Opinion in Insect Science | 2018 | 28 Pages |
Abstract
Juvenile hormone (JH) has both gonadotropic and non-gonadotropic roles in eusocial insects. There is controversy over whether the non-gonadotropic role is novel, related specifically to social evolution, or is a second conserved role. Study of subsocial insects suggests that when JH is non-gonadotropic, the specific associations of high JH, low vitellogenin, suppressed ovarian development and elevated metabolism may parallel those in workers of eusocial insects. This suggests that a more fundamental understanding of JH in insect biology is required.
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Authors
Stephen T .Trumbo,