Juvenile Hormone receptor Met is essential for ovarian maturation in the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria.

ABSTRACT: Juvenile hormones (JH) are key endocrine regulators produced by the corpora allata (CA) of insects. Together with ecdysteroids, as well as nutritional cues, JH coordinates different aspects of insect postembryonic development and reproduction. The function of the recently characterized JH receptor, Methoprene-tolerant (Met), appears to be conserved in different processes regulated by JH. However, its functional interactions with other hormonal signalling pathways seem highly dependent on the feeding habits and on the developmental and reproductive strategies employed by the insect species investigated. Here we report on the effects of RNA interference (RNAi) mediated SgMet knockdown during the first gonadotrophic cycle in female desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). This voracious, phyto

SUBMITTER: Gijbels M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658565 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature