41 relations: Arthropod exoskeleton, Bracken, Butterfly, Carroll Williams, David Hogness, Dibenzoylhydrazine, Dominance hierarchy, Ecdysis, Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase, Ecdysone O-acyltransferase, Ecdysone oxidase, Ecdysone receptor, Ecdysteroid, Glossary of biology, Halloween genes, Index of biology articles, Index of genetics articles, Insect growth regulator, Insect physiology, Insecticide, Juvenile hormone, Juvenile-hormone esterase, Lepidoptera, List of MeSH codes (D04), List of MeSH codes (D06), Menispermaceae, Metamorphosis, Michael Ashburner, Neem oil, Non-coding RNA, Onychophora, Phytotoxin, Prothoracicotropic hormone, Pupa, Spruce budworm, Synaptic pruning, Tebufenozide, Testosterone, Tetranortriterpenoid, 20-Hydroxyecdysone, 7-Dehydrocholesterol.
Arthropod exoskeleton
Arthropods are covered with a tough, resilient integument or exoskeleton of chitin.
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Bracken
Bracken (Pteridium) is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
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Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.
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Carroll Williams
Carroll Milton Williams (December 2, 1916 in Oregon Hill, Virginia October 11, 1991 in Watertown, Massachusetts) was an American zoologist known for his work in entomology and developmental biology—in particular, metamorphosis in insects, for which he won the George Ledlie Prize.
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David Hogness
David Swenson Hogness (November 17, 1925 in Oakland, California) is an American biochemist, geneticist, and developmental biologist and emeritus professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California.
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Dibenzoylhydrazine
Dibenzoylhydrazine (DBH) is a synthetic chemical compound with the chemical formulation C14H12N2O2.
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Dominance hierarchy
Dominance hierarchy is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of a social group interact, often aggressively, to create a ranking system.
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Ecdysis
Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa.
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Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase
Ecdysone 20-monooxygenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ecdysone, an electron acceptor AH2, and O2, whereas its 3 products are 20-hydroxyecdysone, the reduction product A, and H2O.
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Ecdysone O-acyltransferase
In enzymology, an ecdysone O-acyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are palmitoyl-CoA and ecdysone, whereas its two products are CoA and ecdysone palmitate.
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Ecdysone oxidase
In enzymology, an ecdysone oxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ecdysone and O2, whereas its two products are 3-dehydroecdysone and H2O2.
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Ecdysone receptor
The ecdysone receptor is a nuclear receptor found in arthropods, where it controls development and contributes to other processes such as reproduction.
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Ecdysteroid
Ecdysteroids are arthropod steroid hormones that are mainly responsible for molting, development and, to a lesser extent, reproduction; examples of ecdysteroids include ecdysone, ecdysterone, turkesterone and 20-hydroxyecdysone.
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Glossary of biology
Most of the terms listed in Wikipedia glossaries are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself.
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Halloween genes
20-hydroxyecdysone, a key regulatory hormone involved in cuticle development in insectsThe halloween genes are a set of genes identified in Drosophila melanogaster that influence embryonic development.
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Index of biology articles
Biology is the study of life and its processes.
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Index of genetics articles
Genetics (from Ancient Greek γενετικός genetikos, “genite” and that from γένεσις genesis, “origin”), a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms.
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Insect growth regulator
An insect growth regulator (IGR) is a substance (chemical) that inhibits the life cycle of an insect.
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Insect physiology
Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems.
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Insecticide
Insecticides are substances used to kill insects.
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Juvenile hormone
Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of acyclic sesquiterpenoids that regulate many aspects of insect physiology.
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Juvenile-hormone esterase
In enzymology, juvenile hormone esterase (JH esterase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of juvenile hormone.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).
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List of MeSH codes (D04)
This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.
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List of MeSH codes (D06)
This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.
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Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of flowering plants.
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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
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Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner (born 23 May 1942) is a biologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge.
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Neem oil
Neem oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds of the neem (Azadirachta indica), an evergreen tree which is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and has been introduced to many other areas in the tropics.
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Non-coding RNA
A non-coding RNA (ncRNA) is an RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein.
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Onychophora
Onychophora (from Ancient Greek, onyches, "claws"; and pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged panarthropods.
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Phytotoxin
Phytotoxins are toxic chemicals produced by plants, which function as defensive agents against their predators.
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Prothoracicotropic hormone
Prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) was the first insect hormone to be discovered.
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Pupa
A pupa (pūpa, "doll"; plural: pūpae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
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Spruce budworm
Spruce budworms and relatives are a group of closely related insects in the genus Choristoneura.
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Synaptic pruning
Synaptic pruning, which includes both axon and dendrite pruning, is the process of synapse elimination that occurs between early childhood and the onset of puberty in many mammals, including humans.
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Tebufenozide
Tebufenozide is an insecticide that acts as a molting hormone.
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Testosterone
Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid.
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Tetranortriterpenoid
The tetranortriterpenoid class of chemical compounds most noted for the chemical azadirachtin, extracted from the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) that displays insecticidal properties.
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20-Hydroxyecdysone
20-Hydroxyecdysone (ecdysterone or 20E) is a naturally occurring ecdysteroid hormone which controls the ecdysis (moulting) and metamorphosis of arthropods.
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7-Dehydrocholesterol
7-Dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) is a zoosterol that functions in the serum as a cholesterol precursor, and is converted to vitamin D3 in the skin, therefore functioning as provitamin-D3.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecdysone