English Explanatory Dictionary

prothoracicotropic hormone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A peptide hormone found in insects, produced in the copora cardiaca or corpus allata, which initiates the release of the ecdysteroid hormone from the prothoracic gland.

Word forms

prothoracicotropic hormone prothoracicotropic hormones
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