Allatotropin
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of a family of pleiotropic neuropeptides which play multiple neural, endocrine and myoactive roles in insects
"Whether or not members of the other peptide families are present in the lobster remains an open question, but given their detection in other crustaceans, genes encoding at least allatotropin, ETH and RYamide are also predicted to exist in this species."
Example
More examples"Whether or not members of the other peptide families are present in the lobster remains an open question, but given their detection in other crustaceans, genes encoding at least allatotropin, ETH and RYamide are also predicted to exist in this species."
Etymology
From (corpus) allatum + -tropin.
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