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Neuroendocrine and Midgut Endocrine Systems in the Adult Mosquito

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Advances in Disease Vector Research

Part of the book series: Advances in Disease Vector Research ((VECTOR,volume 6))

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In mosquitoes, as well as in other insects, three regulatory systems, the neural, the neuroendocrine, and the endocrine, interact to control physiological processes and behavior on a daily basis. These systems also integrate general physiological processes with the episodic events of feeding, ecdysis, diapause, metamorphosis, and reproduction. All three systems accomplish this complex, coordinated regulation by the same basic process—their component cells secrete diverse chemical messengers that affect specific target cells.

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