Word: cecropia
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Sleeping Pupa.The three "cytochrome" enzymes are basic growth factors. Present in human beings as well as in silkworms, they control the utilization of oxygen in the tissues. Without them growth is impossible. The dormant Cecropia pupa contains no cytochrome enzymes. Therefore it cannot grow until they are provided by the chain of hormones that starts in its brain...
...annual $1,000 prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science went this year to Zoology Professor Carrol Milton Williams of Harvard. His research* on the hormone system that makes the native silkworm (Cecropia) turn into a moth had nothing to do with silk production; it was aimed at the central secrets of growth and life...
...jury of scientists unanimously selected as "an outstanding contribution to science" the five papers published by the group on a hormone in the Cecropia silkworm which controls the insect's growth and mental functions...