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← Nature & AnimalsWhich effect occurs when juvenile hormone analog disrupts imaginal disc differentiation during insect metamorphosis?
A)Adult tissues develop within larval form✓
B)Growth rate is accelerated excessively
C)Muscles fail during pupation stage
D)Nitrogenous waste accumulation increases
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When juvenile hormone analog persists unnaturally, normal imaginal disc differentiation is suppressed because cells don't transition to expressing adult-specific differentiation signals, resulting in incomplete metamorphosis. Therefore, premature adult tissue appears within the larval form occurs, rather than accelerated growth, failed muscles, or nitrogen accumulation which involve unrelated hormonal or developmental mechanisms.
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