List of works by David J Merritt

Carbon Dioxide-induced Bioluminescence Increase in Arachnocampa Larvae

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Characterization of the Fishing Lines in Titiwai (=Arachnocampa luminosa Skuse, 1890) from New Zealand and Australia

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Circadian regulation of bioluminescence in the prey-luring glowworm, Arachnocampa flava.

scientific article

Comparing the secretory pathway in honeybee venom and hypopharyngeal glands.

scientific article

Cytological defects during embryogenesis in heat-induced tetraploid Kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus

scientific article

Detection of light and vibration modulates bioluminescence intensity in the glowworm, Arachnocampa flava.

scientific article published on 20 February 2016

Dorsal longitudinal stretch receptor of Drosophila melanogaster larva - fine structure and maturation

scientific article

Expression of the rubber-like protein, resilin, in developing and functional insect cuticle determined using a Drosophila anti-Rec 1 resilin antibody.

scientific article

First observations on the life cycle and mass eclosion events in a mantis fly (Family Mantispidae) in the subfamily Drepanicinae.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

From embryo to adult: anatomy and development of a leg sensory organ in Phormia regina Meigen (Insecta: Diptera). I. Anatomy and physiology of a larval "leg" sensory organ.

scientific article published in June 1991

From embryo to adult: anatomy and development of a leg sensory organ in Phormia regina, Meigen (Insecta: Diptera). II. Development and persistence of sensory neurons.

scientific article published in June 1991

Gene expression profiling of cuticular proteins across the moult cycle of the crab Portunus pelagicus

scientific article

Homeostatic and circadian mechanisms of bioluminescence regulation differ between a forest and a facultative cave species of glowworm, Arachnocampa

scientific article

Insect silk: one name, many materials

scientific article published in January 2010

Isolation and expression analysis of multiple isoforms of putative farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase in several crustacean species

scientific article published on 25 September 2006

Molecular and functional characterisation of resilin across three insect orders.

scientific article

Novel actin rings within the secretory cells of honeybee royal jelly glands.

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Production and packaging of a biological arsenal: evolution of centipede venoms under morphological constraint

scientific article

Projections of leg proprioceptors within the CNS of the fly Phormia in relation to the generalized insect ganglion

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Silk from crickets: a new twist on spinning

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

Structure and ultrastructure of the silk glands and spinneret of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

scientific article published on March 2006

Synchronization of circadian bioluminescence as a group-foraging strategy in cave glowworms.

scientific article published on 9 April 2013

Synchronized circadian bioluminescence in cave-dwelling Arachnocampa tasmaniensis (Glowworms).

scientific article published in February 2011

Synthesis and properties of crosslinked recombinant pro-resilin

scientific article

The L1-type cell adhesion molecule Neuroglian is necessary for maintenance of sensory axon advance in the Drosophila embryo.

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

The cercal sensilla of the blowfly Lucilia cuprina. I. Structure of the sockets and distal dendritic regions

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

The cercal sensilla of the blowfly Lucilia cuprina. II. Structure of the enveloping cells and the basal regions of the sensory dendrites.

scientific article published on January 1989

The comparative morphology of epidermal glands in Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera).

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

The impacts of non-native species on the invertebrates of Southern Ocean Islands

The morphogenesis of spermathecae and spermathecal glands in Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

The other prey-capture silk: Fibres made by glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae) comprise cross-β-sheet crystallites in an abundant amorphous fraction

scientific article

The role of the cut gene in the specification of central projections by sensory axons in Drosophila.

scientific article published in April 1993

The ultrastructure and function of the silk-producing basitarsus in the Hilarini (Diptera: Empididae).

scientific article published in October 2003

Using light as a lure is an efficient predatory strategy in Arachnocampa flava, an Australian glowworm.

scientific article published on 7 December 2010

Wolbachia-mediated sperm modification is dependent on the host genotype in Drosophila.

scientific article published in December 2001

Paulina is supported by:

About Paulina

Help