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Science 14 January 1983:
Vol. 219. no. 4581, pp. 193 - 195
DOI: 10.1126/science.219.4581.193
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Synchronized Moulting Controlled by Communication in Group-Living Collembola

HANS PETTER LEINAAS 1

1 Zoological Institute, University of Oslo, Post Office Box 1050, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway

Group-living Collembola of the genus Hypogastrura coordinate their moulting by communication. Animals of different ages and moulting rhythms synchronized the moulting rhythms when combined in a single culture. This synchronization is apparently not dependent on external stimuli but is coordinated by chemical communication among these insects.

Submitted on June 30, 1982

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