neoteninn.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈtɛnɪn/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈtɛnɪn/, /ˌnioʊˈtinɪn/ Entomology.
= juvenile hormone n. at juvenile adj. and n. Compounds 1.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > parts of > hormone controlling development
juvenile hormone1940
neotenin1954
1954 V. B. Wigglesworth Physiol. Insect Metamorphosis iv. 56 The ‘inhibitory hormone’..has..been called for preference the ‘juvenile hormone’. If a Greek term is preferred it might be called ‘neotenin’.
1968 New Scientist 16 May 354/1 In larval insects..neotenin from the corpora allata controls the change towards the adult form.
1977 T. I. Storer et al. Elements Zool. (ed. 4) viii. 109/1 Neotenin interacts with ecdycsone to stimulate larval maturation of each stage of development.
1992 Amer. Naturalist 139 1012 This hormone control is strikingly similar to that in insect development in which the juvenile hormone neotenin stimulates larval growth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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