neotenin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A juvenile hormone, present in insects, which ensures growth of the larva while preventing metamorphosis. uncountable
    — Moreover, as we shall see, evidence has accumulated to show that this hormone brings about suppression of adult characters by favouring the differentiation of larval characters. It has therefore been called fore preference the 'juvenile hormone'. If a Greek term is preferred it might be called 'neotenin'.

词源

From neoteny + -in.
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