Difference between revisions of "ecdysone"

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|etymology=Greek <i>ekdysis</i>, getting out of
 
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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]) A hormone that initates changes in cells associated with molting, produced by a secretion of the prothoracotrophic hormone from the median neurosecretory cells of insects, and the Ygland of crustaceans.
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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]) A [[hormone]] that initates changes in cells associated with molting, [[produced]] by a [[secretion]] of the prothoracotrophic [[hormone]] from the [[median]] [[neurosecretory cells]] of [[insects]], and the Ygland of [[crustaceans]].
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Latest revision as of 23:40, 13 September 2013

ecdysone (noun; Greek ekdysis, getting out of): (Arthropoda) A hormone that initates changes in cells associated with molting, produced by a secretion of the prothoracotrophic hormone from the median neurosecretory cells of insects, and the Ygland of crustaceans.