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Science 19 November 1965:
Vol. 150. no. 3699, pp. 1033 - 1034
DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3699.1033
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Neurosecretory Supply to the Epidermis of an Insect

S. H. P. Maddrell 1

1 Department of Zoology, Downing Street, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

Electron miticroscopy of the abdominal nerves of Rhodnius reveals neurosecretory axons which supply the abdomizinal epidermis. This suggests that thle epidermnal cells of insects are under more localized endocrine control than has previously been supposed.

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