eclosion hormone
eclosion hormone A peptide hormone secreted by cells of the insect nervous system, especially the brain, that triggers the sequence of events leading to emergence of the adult from the pupa, i.e. eclosion. It is also involved, with other hormones (e.g. ecdysone), in moulting of the cuticle by immature stages (see ecdysis).
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