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Insect physiology

a hormone from the corpora allata that keeps an insect in juvenile form at each moult and prevents premature metamorphosis.

In insect physiology, juvenile hormone refers to a hormone from the corpora allata that keeps an insect in juvenile form at each moult and prevents premature metamorphosis. This meaning comes from Wigglesworth (1934) in Journal of Cell Science.[1]

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References

Wigglesworth, V. B. (1934). The Physiology of Ecdysis in Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera). II. Factors controlling Moulting and ‘Metamorphosis’. Journal of Cell Science, S2-77(306), 191-222. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.s2-77.306.191

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