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Lysozyme exhibiting bacteriolytic activity was found in boll weevil eggs at a concentration of 2.22 ng of lysozyme per boll weevil egg.
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Ourth, D.D., Jones, B.R. Lysozyme in eggs of the cotton boll weevil,Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Experientia 36, 196 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953728
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