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Vitellogenesis in Insects

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Oogenesis

Part of the book series: Developmental Biology ((DEBO,volume 1))

Abstract

Fertilized eggs are the crossroads of development. They represent both the origin and the biological goal of each individual organism. Eggs provide in two ways for the embryo they enclose: They contain developmental instructions given by the mother to direct the initial phases of embryogenesis (see Chapters 11–13), and they are usually provisioned with nutritive substances to support the embryo until it can obtain its own food. This chapter concentrates on a portion of the second aspect of oogenesis—how storage materials come to reside in insect eggs.

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