单词 | prothoracic glands |
释义 | prothoracic glandsec·dys·i·al glandsprothoracic glandsthe glands in an insect activated by a hormone from the neurosecretory cells in the brain that secrete the MOULTING HORMONE ecdysone. The glands have a cyclic activity within each INSTAR and break down on METAMORPHOSIS. They induce moulting, which in most insects occurs only in the juvenile stage, and in the absence of JUVENILE HORMONE stimulate metamorphosis. |
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