“…This forced change recorvers to the normal state after 2 months. Many studies employed different conditions to induce forced molting (Cole-and Hutt, 1928;Schaffner, 1954;Tanabe et al, 1957;Harris and Schaffner, 1957;Nakazawa et al, 1968;Ringer, 1976;Scanes et al, 1979;Pethes et al, 1982) van Bohemen et al, 1981;Korsgaard et al, 1986), Xenopus (Wallace and Jared, 1969;Kato et al, 1986;Holland and Wangh, 1987). Thus, vitellogenin synthesis is largely coupled with egg production under the control of the endocrine system.…”