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The Absence of Paedogenetic Multiplication in the Blow-fly (Calliphora erythrocephala)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. Keilin
Affiliation:
(From the Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology, University of Cambridge.)

Extract

Paedogenesis, or the multiplication of an animal in its immature stages of life, is a very rare phenomenon and is known to occur only in a few species of holometabolic insects.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1924

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