Identification of a Juvenile Hormone of a Primitive Insect, the Firebrat,Thermobia domestica(Thysanura)
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- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Zoologist
- Vol. 21 (3) , 733-735
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/21.3.733
Abstract
SYNOPSIS. Juvenile hormone, JH-I was identified as the major juvenile hormone of a primitive insect, the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Thysanura, Lepismatoidea). Since the same molecule is also present in Orthoptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera, its presence in Thysanura indicates that the juvenile hormones are ancient molecules and have undergone little variation during the evolution of the class Insecta.Keywords
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