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Science 22 February 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4126, pp. 759 - 760
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4126.759
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Osmotic Gradients across Snail Epidermis: Evidence for a Water Barrier

J. Machin 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1Al, Canada

Cryoscopic analysis of frozen sections provided indirect evidence for the presence of a waterproof layer limiting evaporation from living epithelial cells in dormant land snails.

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