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Lester and Crane1 found that while tissues of vertebrates contain mostly the Q 10-homologue of ubiquinone (coenzyme Q), certain insects, notably the house-fly, Musca domestica, and the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, are characterized by the presence of the Q 9 homologue, that is, a ubiquinone with a side-chain of 9, instead of 10, isoprenoid units.
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HELLER, J., SZARKOWSKA, L. & MICHALEK, H. Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q) in Insects. Nature 188, 491 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188491a0
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