(from the article `arthropod`) Molting is under hormonal control, and there is a long preparatory phase that precedes the process. The steroid hormone ecdysone, secreted by ... The steroid ecdysone secreted from the Y-organ stimulates molting. After it is released into the blood, ecdysone is converted to a ... ...of a hormone from ne...
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<endocrinology> Family of steroid hormones found in insects, crustaceans and plants. In insects, _ ecdysone stimulates moulting. The steadily maturing character of the moults is affected by steadily decreasing levels of juvenile hormone. _ ecdysone (ecdysterone) has a slightly different structure and is also found widely. Phytoecdysones are s...
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Hormone secreted by insects that is essential to the process of moulting.
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Family of steroid hormones found in insects, crustaceans and plants. In insects, a- ecdysone stimulates moulting. The steadily maturing character of the moults is affected by steadily decreasing levels of juvenile hormone. b- ecdysone (ecdysterone) has a slightly different structure and is also found widely. Phytoecdysones are synthesized by some plants.
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