Megachile rotundata Larval Starvation and Metamorphosis Endocrine Data

Experimental data on the physiological mechanisms triggering metamorphosis in the solitary bee Megachile rotundata. The dataset includes measurements of juvenile hormone titers and transcript abundance related to endocrine response from larvae subjected to fed or starved conditions. It was authored by Courtney Grula and uploaded to figshare on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between food absence and metamorphosis initiation based on the described starvation cue.
• Analyzing endocrine pathway interactions based on juvenile hormone and ecdysone synthesis transcript data.
• Comparing metamorphosis cues across insect species based on the described absence of a critical weight.
• Investigating insulin/TOR signaling in insect development based on the mentioned transcript abundance.

Strengths

• Data is derived from controlled experimental conditions with fed and starved larval groups.
• Includes multiple physiological measurements: hormone titers, transcript abundance, and metamorphosis timing.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for unrestricted reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset size is listed as 0.0 B, indicating a very limited scope or potential metadata issue.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Courtney Grula.

Collection Method

Likely contains data from laboratory experiments on Megachile rotundata larvae, involving feeding manipulation, hormone measurement, and transcript analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:37:06; freshness should be verified.