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Non-systemic metamorphosis in male millipede appendages: long delayed, reversible effect of an early localized positional marker?

BACKGROUND: The development of specialized appendages involved in sperm transfer in the males of julid millipedes is an extreme case of specialized, complex structures differentiating in a very advanced phase of post-embryonic development. Here, a non-systemic metamorphosis affects the external morp...

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Autores principales: Drago, Leandro, Fusco, Giuseppe, Minelli, Alessandro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2315640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18397511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-5-5