Open AccessFlies fight famine
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1632rr2
Subject(s) - biology , famine , larva , nutrient , food supply , starvation , zoology , ecology , endocrinology , political science , law , agricultural science
![][1] Larval (left), but not future adult (right), tissues are stunted if the fat body senses a protein deficit (bottom).Leopold/ElsevierFly larvae have a sensor to recognize when food supply is low so that they can conserve nutrients for where they are needed most, according to
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