Sentences with phrase «molting hormones»
«Steroids, the precursors of molting hormones, are lipids.
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Phytoecdysteroids are similar to insect molting hormones and have been shown to dramatically increase glucose metabolism (7, 8, 9).
We, therefore, concluded that ergosterol was in fact being used by the larvae to produce molting hormone, which reinforces the dependency between these bees and the fungus.»
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«Our hypothesis was that the fungus supplied a precursor for the molting and pupating hormone required for larvae to complete the metamorphosis into adult bees.»
When insects eat neem - coated foliage, the liminoids disrupt normal hormone production and processing, causing a loss of appetite in some insects and interfering with normal reproduction, maturation, and molting patterns in others (2).
When flea eggs hatch (or molt), natural hormones allow for the more mature physical traits of a larva to be created.
Insect growth regulators are juvenile hormone analogs (resemble the natural growth factor found in the flea) that work by interfering with egg development and molting from various life stages of the flea.