Major workers fight off predators and are bulkier than minor workers that gather food and tend to youngsters. These differences depend on the action of juvenile hormone (JH3), a crucial regulator of ...

The proximate mechanism appears to be variation in juvenile hormone (JH) in the stage immediately prior to emergence of the adult form, although the variation in JH may be determined by events ...

The study found that suppressing gut NPF and blocking NPF receptors in the brain that control juvenile hormones both extend ...

However, a constant release of juvenile hormones keeps these imaginal discs dormant while the caterpillar feeds and grows.