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Haematin in the Tracheae of Blood-sucking Insects: an Artefact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

V. B. Wigglesworth
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Extract

The entry of blood pigment into the tracheal system after a large meal, previously described in Glossina, has been shown to be an artefact of fixation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1931

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References

Wigglesworth, V. B. (1929). Digestion in the Tsetse-fly. Parasitology, 21, 288321.CrossRefGoogle Scholar