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Ecdysteroid-dependent larval-adult oviduct transformation in the milkweed bugOncopeltus fasciatus requires absence of juvenile hormone

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It has been tested whether juvenile hormone plays a role in the larval-adult transformation of lateral oviducts in the milkweed bug. The transformation is ecdysteroid-dependent, as was reported previously2. Application of precocene or juvenile hormone III proved that the absence of juvenile hormone is required.

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  1. Institute of Zoology, University of Mainz, Saarstrasse 21, D-6500, Mainz, Germany

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Acknowledgments. This work was supported by a grant (Do 163/91) of the DFG. We thank Ms C. Friederichs for excellent technical support.

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Dorn, A., Sehn, E. Ecdysteroid-dependent larval-adult oviduct transformation in the milkweed bugOncopeltus fasciatus requires absence of juvenile hormone. Experientia 43, 1115–1117 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01956055

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