Multiple Choice
Rhodnius is an arthropod that can be decapitated and live for up to a year without its head.Prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) is a molting hormone that is stored in the head and released after a blood meal.Because of this you would expect that a Rhodnius that is decapitated within an hour of its last blood meal would
A) molt immediately upon decapitation.
B) revert to a more juvenile life stage.
C) molt more frequently than normal Rhodnius.
D) never molt.
E) molt into a pupa.
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