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Science 23 February 1973:
Vol. 179. no. 4075, pp. 813 - 814
DOI: 10.1126/science.179.4075.813
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Juvenile Hormone Mimics: Effect on Cirriped Crustacean Metamorphosis

Edgardo D. Gomez 1, D. John Faulkner 1, William A. Newman 1, and Chris Ireland 1

1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92037

A synthetic juvenile hormone mimic has been shown to cause premature metamorphosis of the cyprid larva of an acorn barnacle in concentrations as low as 10 parts per billion in filtered seawater. The effect of a juvenile hormone mimic on a crustacean has not previously been demonstrated.


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