Mechanism for insect melanism
Author of the article:ZHU Fu-Xing;LI Jian-Hong;WANG Mo
Author's Workplace:College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Key Words: insect melanism; pigmentation; melanism mutation
Abstract:Melanism is a phenomone of body-color variability in insects. In this review, we summarized effects of industrial pollution, hormone and tempature on insect melansim. New progresses in terms of metabolism of pigment precursor such as dopa, dopamine, N-β