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Juvenile hormone regulation of Drosophila aging

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Title
Juvenile hormone regulation of Drosophila aging
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BMC Biology, July 2013
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-11-85
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Rochele Yamamoto, Hua Bai, Adam G Dolezal, Gro Amdam, Marc Tatar

Abstract

Juvenile hormone (JH) has been demonstrated to control adult lifespan in a number of non-model insects where surgical removal of the corpora allata eliminates the hormone's source. In contrast, little is known about how juvenile hormone affects adult Drosophila melanogaster. Previous work suggests that insulin signaling may modulate Drosophila aging in part through its impact on juvenile hormone titer, but no data yet address whether reduction of juvenile hormone is sufficient to control Drosophila life span. Here we adapt a genetic approach to knock out the corpora allata in adult Drosophila melanogaster and characterize adult life history phenotypes produced by reduction of juvenile hormone. With this system we test potential explanations for how juvenile hormone modulates aging.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 2%
Germany 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 173 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 55 31%
Researcher 34 19%
Student > Bachelor 23 13%
Student > Master 18 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 4%
Other 20 11%
Unknown 22 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 90 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 41 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 2%
Environmental Science 4 2%
Other 9 5%
Unknown 27 15%