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The effect of suboptimal levels of α-ecdysone on the differentiation in vitro ofDrosophila melanogaster wing discs was enhanced by the addition of larval fat body to the cultures. However, similar experiments with β-ecdysome showed no enhancement. It is suggested that a partial conversion of α-ecdysone to β-ecdysone by the fat body may well account for these results.
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Milner, M.J., Sang, J.H. The effect of fat body on the differentiation in vitro of wing imaginal discs ofDrosophila melanogaster . Wilhelm Roux' Archiv 180, 73–77 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00848885
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