corpus allatum
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Fig. 121 Corpus allatum . The brain of Rhodnius (the kissing bug).
corpus allatum
a gland present in the head of insects that is responsible for the production of juvenile hormone and maintains the larval characteristics at each moult until the adult metamorphosis takes place.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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The researchers removed the
corpus allatum, the source of juvenile hormone, from newly emerged, female armyworm moths and compared these to their normal counterparts as well as to armyworm moths that underwent a sham operation.
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