The Metabolism of the Corn Ear Worm II. Glycogen and Moisture1
| Autor: | L. P. Ditman, G. S. Weiland |
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| Rok vydání: | 1938 |
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| Zdroj: | Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 31:578-587 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2901 0013-8746 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/aesa/31.4.578 |
| Popis: | Investigation of the glycogen content of insects has been confined to a relatively few holometabolous species, including the honey bee, Aphis mellifica (Straus (11)); the silk worm, Bombyx mori (Bataillon (1)), (Bataillon et Couvreur (2)); the tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americana (Rudolfs (8)); the bot fly, Gastrophilus equi (Kemnitz (5, 6)) and a few others. Literature on this subject, except a few recent papers, has been reviewed by Uvarov (12) and Dorothy Needham (7). Glycogen is reported present in nearly all species studied. It is apparently derived from carbohydrates in the food, and is stored especially during the latter part of larval life, at which time it reaches its peak. It gradually disappears during the pupal period. The amount of glycogen stored during larval life varies with different species of insects, mature larvae of Malacosoma americana containing on a dry weight basis only .45% (8) while larvae of the honey bee contain as much as 33.4% (11). |
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