ROLES OF VITELLOGENIN AND ITS RECEPTOR GENES IN FEMALE REPRODUCTION OF THE CIGARETTE BEETLE, LASIODERMA SERRICORNE

Roles of Vitellogenin and Its Receptor Genes in Female Reproduction of the Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne

Vitellogenin (Vg) and the vitellogenin receptor (VgR) play essential roles in insect reproductive development.However, the functions of Vg and VgR genes in Lasioderma serricorne, an important insect pest of stored products, are unknown.We identified and characterized these two genes, designated LsVg and LsVgR, in L.serricorne.The open reading frame

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Mixed neurotransmission in the hippocampal mossy fibers

The hippocampal mossy fibers (MFs), the axons of the granule cells of the dentate gyrus, innervate mossy cells and interneurons in the hilus on its way to CA3 where they innervate interneurons and pyramidal cells.Synapses on each target cell have distinct anatomical and functional characteristics.In recent years, the paradigmatic view of the MF syn

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