Definition for Difference between revisions of "Ecdysone"

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A steroid hormone synthesized and secreted by the prothoracic glands of certain invertebrates, such as arthropods; in response to this hormone, a larva moults and begins a new growth period until it must shed its skin again in response to another episode of ecdysone secretion.