Abstract
Passonneau and Williams1 have described in the developing cecropia silkworm an ‘ecdysial membrane’ situated between pupal and adult cuticles. Richards2 has studied the fine structure of this membrane, but was unable to demonstrate clearly its nature and origin.
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Passonneau and Williams, J. Exp. Biol., 30, 545 (1953).
Richards, A. G., J. Morphol., 96, 537 (1955).
Dennell, R., and Malek, S. R. A., Proc. Roy. Soc., B, 144, 545 (1956).
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MALEK, S. An Ecdysial Membrane in the Locust Cuticle. Nature 178, 1185–1186 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781185b0
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