The Hormone Ecdysone

question 51

Multiple Choice

The hormone ecdysone

• A) is released from the posterior pituitary.
• B) stimulates secretion of juvenile hormone.
• C) keeps an insect in larval stages, providing brain hormone is absent.
• D) stimulates molting and metamorphosis in insects.
• E) keeps the insect exoskeleton flexible.

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