Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5922298 Journal of Insect Physiology 2011 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Light and electron-micrographs of moulting insect tracheae are presented. ► Both tracheae and tracheoles increase in size and shed their cuticle lining. ► Retention of cuticle lining is therefore not a defining feature of all tracheoles.
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Life Sciences Agricultural and Biological Sciences Insect Science
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Moulting of insect tracheae captured by light and electron-microscopy in the metathoracic femur of a third instar locust Locusta migratoria
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