New research shows that in the caterpillar of the tobacco hawkmoth, tissues called imaginal discs, which give rise to structures such as the legs and eyes, form and grow despite severe starvation ...

In the uninfected condition, a Drosophila larva contains adult precursor tissues called the imaginal discs (such as those for the wings, eyes, legs, etc) inside its body. The fly larva undergoes ...

It's not surprising that we don't tell kids what really happens to caterpillars inside a chrysalis. Metamorphosis is pretty gruesome stuff, involving flesh-dissolving enzymes and limbs, wings and ...

In biology, an imaginal disc is a part of an insect larva that will evolve into much of the animal’s full body. In the lore for Magdalena Bay’s latest album, the Imaginal Disk is a CD-like object ...

This is a microscopic image of the fruit fly wing imaginal disc, with cell junctions and medial apical cortices illuminated by fluorescent protein tags. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

We all fancy a new look from time to time, but during their development many organisms can take this one step further and undergo momentous changes in shape — a phenomenon that is exemplified by ...

Focusing on the endoparasitoid wasp A. japonica, which parasitizes the model organism D. melanogaster, the research team identified two venom genes termed imaginal disc degradation factors (IDDFs).