Proteolytic Activity of the Midgut in Relation to Feeding in the Beetles Tenebrio Molitor L. and Dytiscus Marginalis L.

Journal of Experimental Biology - Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 311-324 - 1956
R. H. Dadd1
1Imperial College Department of Zoology , , London

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ABSTRACT Where quantitative methods have been applied to the study of insect digestion, enzyme activity has generally been shown to increase after feeding, often with change in location of maximum enzyme concentration (Schlöttke, 1937 Or-c ; Duspiva, 1939; Day & Powning, 1949; Fisk & Shambaugh, 1952). The most marked responses described by these authors occur in carnivorous and blood-sucking insects, and to some extent this supports the view put forward on histological grounds by Haseman (1910), that discontinuous secretion is associated with the carnivorous habit of taking discrete meals.

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