juvenile hormone biosynthetic process
id: GO:0006718
name: juvenile hormone biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of juvenile hormones, the three sesquiterpenoid derivatives that function to maintain the larval state of insects at molting and that may be required for other processes, e.g. oogenesis.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006716 | juvenile hormone metabolic process |
GO:0016106 | sesquiterpenoid biosynthetic process |
GO:0042446 | hormone biosynthetic process |