juvenile hormone

Function: - role in regulation of insect physiology, including development, reproduction, diapause, polyphenisms - ensures growth of larva while preventing metamorphosis - role in egg production by female insects Structure: acyclic sesquiterpenoids Compartment: secreted Expression: - secreted by a pair of endocrine glands behind the brain, the corpora allata

References

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/juvenile_hormone