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← Nature & AnimalsWhich outcome occurs when juvenile hormone concentrations decrease significantly?
A)Larval molting into another larval stage
B)Initiation of reproductive behavior
C)Metamorphosis to the pupal stage occurs✓
D)Prevention of premature adult development
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Metamorphosis to pupal stage occurs because the decline in juvenile hormone allows for the activation of genes promoting pupation via gene regulation, therefore the insect becomes a pupa, rather than remaining a larva or undergoing another larval molt.
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