Bowers W S
Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, 14456, Geneva, New York.
Lipids. 1978 Oct;13(10):736-41. doi: 10.1007/BF02533754.
In their diversity, speciation, and sheer numerical superiority, few should question that insects are the dominant life-form on earth. Their utilization of the multifunctional isopentenoids to regulate their life processes is equally diverse. To catalog or even summarize the contribution of isopentenoids in the regulatory chemistry of insect feeding, development, reproduction, diaproduction, diapause, and behavior is beyond the scope of this review. However, a topical treatment of the chemistry of insect juvenile hormones and pheromones provides an insight into the dependence of insects upon isopentenoids.
昆虫种类繁多、形成了物种分化且数量极其庞大，几乎没有人会质疑昆虫是地球上占主导地位的生命形式。它们利用多功能类异戊二烯来调节自身生命过程的方式同样多种多样。要对类异戊二烯在昆虫取食、发育、繁殖、滞育及行为等调节化学过程中的作用进行编目甚至总结，超出了本综述的范围。然而，对昆虫保幼激素和信息素的化学进行专题论述，能让人深入了解昆虫对类异戊二烯的依赖性。
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