Sentence examples for juvenile hormone from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing molting of the exoskeleton and thus development of the larva
Another hormone, however, the juvenile hormone, keeps tissue in a juvenile or larval form.
Hormones, including perhaps juvenile hormone, may be agents for the control of such changes.
An epoxide is one of the functional groups in the insect hormone known as juvenile hormone.
Larvae also possess a juvenile hormone, which decreases in concentration until the imago (adult) emerges.
Juvenile hormone or hormones from the neurosecretory cells commonly are needed for egg production.
Juvenile hormone is a lipoidal (fatlike) compound of similar structure from all sources.
Although juvenile hormone can terminate diapause, it triggers diapause in some insects.
The discovery of the juvenile hormone was particularly unexpected.
The higher juvenile hormone (JH) levels in queen larvae protect the ovaries against such degeneration.
Juvenile hormone III, a terpenoid insect growth regulator, was the next best substrate tested.
The other is juvenile hormone (JH), which stops growth and initiates metamorphosis when levels drop.
