Fig. 8: Relative AK activity and ATP content of the whole insects in different development stages.

a Relative AK activity of the whole insects in different development stages. b ATP content of the whole insects in different development stages. 22L 22-day-old larvae; 1PP 1-day-old prepupa; 3PP 3-day-old prepupa; 1P 1-day-old pupa; 3P 5-day-old pupa; 5P 5-day-old pupa. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 3 biologically independent replicates). Histogram bars annotated with the same lowercase letters are not significantly different (one-way ANOVA, P < 0.05).