Ultrastructural architecture of the microtrichia of the insect cuticle

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

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EID: 0030846634     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199710)234:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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