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Peritrophic membranes are secretion products of the midgut. For long they have been related only to insects, but they occur widely in the animal kingdom. They effect a part of the gut lumen and function not only as a mechanical protection barrier, but also as an ultrafilter, a barrier to parasites,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peters, Werner
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992.
Series:Zoophysiology ; 30.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Microbiology.
Biochemistry.
Ecology.
Zoology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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