Entomology Publications Entomology 2005 Vitellogenesis and Post-Vitellogenic Maturation of the Insect Ovarian Follicle L. Swevers National Centre for Scientific Research ‘‘Demokritos,’’ Athens, Greece A. S. Raikhel University of California, Riverside T. W. Sappington Iowa State University,
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[email protected]. Vitellogenesis and Post-Vitellogenic Maturation of the Insect Ovarian Follicle Abstract Female insects typically produce prodigious numbers of eggs to assure the propagation of their genes, and invest considerable resources towards this end. Ulti- mately, the egg of an insect must contain a haploid set of chromosomes, sufficient nutrients to supply the growing embryo with resources to last until the larva or nymph ecloses and begins feeding, and a set of determinants to direct the organization and progres- sion of embryogenesis, including the differentiation of a new cluster of germ cells. As with all organs, the morphology of the ovary reflects the physical and genetic requirements of its physiological role, which in this case is the functional assembly of the various components of the oocyte.