Sentences with phrase «molting failure»
Molting failure was caused by lyciumoside IV ingestion in glycosidase - silenced Manduca sexta caterpillars (b, c, d) in comparison to the control (a).
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Glycosidase - silenced larvae which ingested the deglycosylated product did not show such molting failure and mortality.
The scientists infer that these larvae have not yet evolved the mechanism to co-opt lyciumocide IV and so they have to detoxify it in order to avoid the molting failure and mortality caused by its ingestion.