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Neuroendocrine control of catch-up growth in Drosophila
Diana M. Vallejo, Ernesto Saez-Carrion, Lucia García-López…·María Domínguez
This study identifies Lgr4 as a key regulator of catch-up growth in Drosophila following starvation, showing it prevents IGF-induced ecdysone rise to enable faster growth and maturation.
DOI 10.1101/2022.12.30.522288