Ecdysteroid-Induced Programmed Cell Death Is Essential for Sex-Specific Wing Degeneration of the Wingless-Female Winter Moth

• Shuhei Niitsu ,

  * E-mail: shu-30@aioros.ocn.ne.jp

  Affiliations Department of Life Science, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan

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• Kouhei Toga,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

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• Shigekazu Tomizuka,

  Affiliations Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira Kogen, Ueda, Nagano, Japan

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• Kiyoto Maekawa,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

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• Ryuichiro Machida,

  Affiliation Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira Kogen, Ueda, Nagano, Japan

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• Takehiko Kamito

  Affiliation Department of Life Science, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

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