Review Article

Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in Insects: What Is New, What Do We Know, and What Questions Remain?

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Effect of modulators on JH biosynthesis in female mosquitoes. Schematic representation of some of the tissues and molecules involved in JH biosynthesis regulation in mosquitoes. PG: prothoracic gland. OV: ovaries. CC: corpora cardiaca. CA: corpora allata. ETH: ecdysis triggering hormone. AST-C: allatostatin-C. AT: allatotropin. INS: insulin. 20E: 20 hydroxyecdysone. R: receptor. JH: juvenile hormone. Green arrow: stimulation. Red arrow: inhibition. Black arrow: modulation.