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Ecdysone: An antagonist of juvenile hormone in the control of cuticle synthesis in the German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

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Behandlung vonBlattella germanica im letzten Larvenstadium mit hohen Dosen von Juvenilhormon verhindert ausser der Morphogenese auch die Bildung der neuen Cuticula und die Häutung. Die Prothoracaldrüsen der entstandenen Dauerlarven sind normal; durch anschliessende Injektion von α-Ecdyson wird Cuticulasynthese induziert, die Tiere sterben jedoch in der alten Haut. Diese Befunde unterstützen die Hypothese der antagonistischen Wirkung von Juvenilhormon und Ecdyson.

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Masner, P., Hangartner, W. Ecdysone: An antagonist of juvenile hormone in the control of cuticle synthesis in the German cockroach (Blattella germanica). Experientia 29, 1550–1552 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01943912

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