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juvenile hormone

A hormone in arthropod larvae that inhibits ecdysone, thereby preventing molting and the development of larvae into adults until its level drops.

juvenile hormone

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a hormone, secreted by insects from a pair of glands behind the brain, that promotes the growth of larval characteristics and inhibits metamorphosis

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juvenile hormone (redirected from Juvenile hormones)

juvenile hormone
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