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Juvenile Hormones

Known as: Insect Growth Regulators, Regulators, Insect Growth, juvenile hormone 
Compounds, either natural or synthetic, which block development of the growing insect.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
THE endocrine changes that initiate the metamorphosis of insect caterpillars into pupae and, ultimately, into adult moths occur… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
1. The appearance of larval fat body as seen under the light or electron microscope depends on the nutritional state of the larva… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Within a few hours after injection of juvenile hormone into Hyalophora gloveri pupae, several fast-migrating carboxylesterases… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
JUVENILE hormone is secreted by the corpus allatum gland, in insects. It was first implicated in the control of yolk deposition…