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Stress-like reaction ofDrosophila to adverse environmental factors

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Summary

  1. 1.

    A neuroendocrine mechanism which delays the metamorphosis ofD. virilis larvae under adverse environmental conditions has been studied.

  2. 2.

    Unfavourable conditions block the secretion of prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) inD. virilis larvae.

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    At the same time the activity of the peritracheal gland (PTG) and ecdysone secretion are sharply reduced. The PTG of larvae still capable of metamorphosis remains active.

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    The content of juvenile hormone (JH) is considerably decreased in individuals incapable of metamorphosis.

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    A comparison is made between the endocrine response of insects developing under adverse conditions and the stress response in mammals.

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Abbreviations

c.a. :

corpus allatum

JH :

juvenile hormone

NSC :

neurosecretory cells

PTG :

peritracheal gland

PTTH :

prothoracicotropic hormone

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  1. Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Department of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, USSR

    I. Yu. Rauschenbach, N. S. Lukashina & L. F. Maksimovsky

  2. Institute of Developmental Biology, the USSR Academy of Sciences, 117808, Moscow B-808, USSR

    L. I. Korochkin

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Rauschenbach, I.Y., Lukashina, N.S., Maksimovsky, L.F. et al. Stress-like reaction ofDrosophila to adverse environmental factors. J Comp Physiol B 157, 519–531 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00691837

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