Publications [#229449] of H. Frederik Nijhout
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- Nijhout, HF, Big or fast: two strategies in the developmental control of body size.,
BMC biology, vol. 13
(August, 2015),
pp. 57 [repository], [doi] .
(last updated on 2024/08/25)Abstract:
Adult body size is controlled by the mechanisms that stop growth when a species-characteristic size has been reached. The mechanisms by which size is sensed and by which this information is transduced to the growth regulating system are beginning to be understood in a few species of insects. Two rather different strategies for control have been discovered; one favors large body size and the other favors rapid development.