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MR. A. E. NEEDHAM, in one of his valuable contributions to the micro-anatomy of the Isopoda, remarks1, "Stimulation of an ovigerous female in the region of the anterior opening of the brood pouch causes premature release of the brood and is elicited with increasing facility as incubation approaches, full term".
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COLLINGE, W. Acceleration of Reproduction in Terrestrial Isopoda. Nature 155, 240 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155240a0
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