Life History Differences Between Lepidoptera Larvae and Blattodea Nymphs Lead to Different Energy Allocation Strategies and Cellular Qualities
Fahimeh Taheri, Chen Hou · 2024
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Fahimeh Taheri and Chen Hou compare how two groups of young insects spend their energy, in a 2024 review. Moth and butterfly larvae grow fast, then dissolve much of their body in the change to adulthood. Cockroach nymphs grow slowly and keep their form. The authors use these two as model cases for two styles of life history.
Building one unit of body mass costs cockroach nymphs about twenty times more in hidden energy than it costs caterpillars. Because growth is cheap for caterpillars, they can pour a larger share of energy into upkeep, even while growing faster. The costlier building in cockroaches buys better cell quality, with stronger cleanup of damaged proteins and more resistance to stress. Food shortage cut growth spending far more sharply in cockroaches than in hornworms.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fahimeh Taheri, Chen Hou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |