Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1975 · 16 citations · 6 references
Life SciencesEndocrinologyEntomologyInsect Developmental BiologyInsect PhysiologyNeuroendocrinologyEndocrine PhysiologyEndocrine Regulation Of DevelopmentFeeding PhysiologyHormonal Regulation Of ReproductionInsect EndocrinologyMosquito BiologyBlood Feeding MechanismsBlood Feeding PhysiologyEndocrine Control Of GrowthInvertebrate Developmental EndocrinologyMosquito Feeding BehaviorMosquito OogenesisMosquito PhysiologyOvarian Hormones
Abstract Development of the oöcytes after a blood-meal in the mosquito Aedes aegypti occurs in two phases: initiation, which is independent of hormonal action, and promotion to maturity, which is dependent on a neurosecretory hormone from the brain (acting through the endocrine system of the thorax). During the promotion-phase, material for the growth of the oöcytes is mobilized from the blood in the mid-gut. The work described here explores the possibility and confirms that one of the functions of the brain hormone is to retain the blood in the mid-gut until development of the oöcytes is complete.
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Practical Physiological Chemistry
Journal of the American Medical Association · 1938 · 1.4K citations