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The maturation of insect eggs requires the fat body production of large amounts of a protein, vitellogenin (Vg), that is secreted into the hemolymph, selectively accumulated by the oocytes and stored in yolk bodies as crystalline vitellin (Vn). The coordination of activity in fat body and oocytes during vitellogenesis is achieved through a complex regulatory mechanism. The mosquito, Aedes aegypti, has proven to be a valuable organism in the study of vitellogenesis.
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Raikhel, A.S., Dhadialla, T.S., Cho, WL., Hays, A.R., Koller, C.N. (1990). Biosynthesis and Endocytosis of Yolk Proteins in the Mosquito. In: Hagedorn, H.H., Hildebrand, J.G., Kidwell, M.G., Law, J.H. (eds) Molecular Insect Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3668-4_18
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