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fat body: a standalone construct

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Insect physiology

the insect organ that stores and releases energy reserves and makes most haemolymph proteins, comparable to vertebrate liver and fat tissue.

In insect physiology, fat body refers to the insect organ that stores and releases energy reserves and makes most haemolymph proteins, comparable to vertebrate liver and fat tissue. This meaning comes from Arrese (2010) in Annual Review of Entomology.[1]

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References

Arrese, E. L., & Soulages, J. L. (2010). Insect Fat Body: Energy, Metabolism, and Regulation. Annual Review of Entomology, 55(1), 207-225. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085356

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