Báo cáo khoa học: An ecdysteroid-inducible insulin-like growth factor-like peptide regulates adult development of the silkmoth Bombyx mori

In anautogenous mosquitoes, egg development requires blood feeding and as a consequence mosquitoes act as vectors of numerous devastating dis-eases of humans and domestic animals. Understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating mosquito egg development may contribute signi-ficantly to the development of novel vector-control strategies.