Action in vivo d'ecdysones sur la morphogénèse imaginale d'Aeshna cyanea (Odonata) |
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Authors: | J.C. Andries M. Mouze |
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Affiliation: | 1. Laboratoire de Biologie animale, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Lille I France;2. Laboratoire associé au C.N.R.S. No. 148 ‘Endocrinologie des Invertébrés’, B.P. 36-59650 Villeneuve D''Ascq, France |
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Abstract: | Single amounts of α or β ecdysone were injected during the last larval instar of Aeshna cyanea at various times after ecdysis. In these experimental conditions, α and β ecdysone had similar effects. Very large amounts of brown or black cuticle appeared on the tarsal claws soon after hormone injection, so that the cuticular synthesis of the larvae which were injected at the beginning of the last stage appears about two or three times more quickly than in controls. Nearly all the larval characters were exhibited by animals injected on the day of or the day after the last larval ecdysis. If the hormonal injection was further delayed, only adultoid forms were obtained. No perfect adults appeared. The effects evoked by α or β ecdysone may be different from one organ to another.On the other hand, some results were different according to the type of ecdysone. Darkening of the tarsal claws (and perhaps sclerotization) appears sooner when β ecdysone is supplied. The morphology of the external organs which degenerate during metamorphosis is not always the same after injection of equal amounts of α or β ecdysone at the same time. The regression of the larval organs seems to be more explicit and appears sooner when β ecdysone was administrated. The morphogenesis of the organs which grow during metamorphosis was either weaker or non-existent with β ecdysone.These results are discussed with regard to previous work. |
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