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| Title |
Genes involved in thoracic exoskeleton formation during the pupal-to-adult molt in a social insect model, Apis mellifera
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| Published in |
BMC Genomics, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-14-576 |
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| Authors |
Michelle Prioli Miranda Soares, Angel Roberto Barchuk, Ana Carolina Quirino Simões, Alexandre dos Santos Cristino, Flávia Cristina de Paula Freitas, Luísa Lange Canhos, Márcia Maria Gentile Bitondi |
| Abstract |
The insect exoskeleton provides shape, waterproofing, and locomotion via attached somatic muscles. The exoskeleton is renewed during molting, a process regulated by ecdysteroid hormones. The holometabolous pupa transforms into an adult during the imaginal molt, when the epidermis synthe3sizes the definitive exoskeleton that then differentiates progressively. An important issue in insect development concerns how the exoskeletal regions are constructed to provide their morphological, physiological and mechanical functions. We used whole-genome oligonucleotide microarrays to screen for genes involved in exoskeletal formation in the honeybee thoracic dorsum. Our analysis included three sampling times during the pupal-to-adult molt, i.e., before, during and after the ecdysteroid-induced apolysis that triggers synthesis of the adult exoskeleton. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 56 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 32% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 7% |
| Researcher | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 11 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 46% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 30% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 10 | 18% |