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Genetic Diversity of the Apoptotic Pathway in Insects

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Programmed cell death is an intrinsic part of normal development, physiology and organismal homeostasis. Apoptosis is a widespread form of regulated cell death, controlled by a genetically encoded machinery conserved throughout evolution. In the highly diverse group of insects, apoptotic pathways have been characterized in only a few dipteran and lepidopteran species, where they have been shown to be essential for development, metamorphosis and immunity-related processes. The lack of studies in other insect orders clearly limits our understanding of the role of apoptosis in the life history of insects.

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Ribeiro Lopes, M., Parisot, N., Callaerts, P., Calevro, F. (2019). Genetic Diversity of the Apoptotic Pathway in Insects. In: Pontarotti, P. (eds) Evolution, Origin of Life, Concepts and Methods. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30363-1_13

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