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THE literature1 on the occurrence, method of formation and function of the peritrophic membrane encircling the food in the midgut of many insects is extensive and contradictory. This is partly due to the lack of satisfactory criteria of what constitutes this membrane (the presence of chitin is the only commonly recognized feature) and partly to a rather widely held belief that the endodermal midgut is unable to produce a chitinous membrane.
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WATERHOUSE, D. Occurrence and Endodermal Origin of the Peritrophic Membrane in some Insects. Nature 172, 676–677 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172676a0
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