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Juvenile hormone in insects is released from

A

protocerebrum

B

corpora cardiaca

C

corpora allata

D

thoracic gland

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C
Juvenile hormone in insects is secreted by corpora allata . This hormone , regulates morphogenesis and so , promote metamorphosis (development of larvae into adult through pupal stage).
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