A SCOPING REVIEW OF FGM IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS: AN OVERLOOKED PHENOMENON WITH LIFELONG CONSEQUENCES



Female-specific wing degeneration caused by ecdysteroid in the Tussock Moth, Orgyia recens: Hormonal and developmental regulation of sexual dimorphism

Females of the tussock moth Orgyia recens have vestigial wings, whereas the males have normal wings.During early pupal development, female wings degenerate drastically compared with those of males.To examine whether ecdysteroid is involved in this sex-specific wing development, we cultured pupal wings just after pupation with ecdysteroid (20-hydrox

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