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Quinone tanning in Agnatha

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The buccal teeth and notochordal sheath of the marine hagfish,Petromyzon marinus (L.) are phenolically tanned like the cuticle of insects and other arthropods.

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  1. Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong

    A. Raghu Varman, J. P. Azariah & G. Sundara Rajulu

  2. Madras University, Madras

    A. Raghu Varman, J. P. Azariah & G. Sundara Rajulu

  3. Department of Zoology, University Extension Centre, Coimbatore, India

    A. Raghu Varman, J. P. Azariah & G. Sundara Rajulu

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  1. A. Raghu Varman
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Acknowledgments. We are grateful to Dr Bill Lovejoy for generously supplyingP. marinus L. A.R.V. is thankful to Prof. R.G. Michael for encouragement.

Previously called A. Sannasi.

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Varman, A.R., Azariah, J.P. & Rajulu, G.S. Quinone tanning in Agnatha. Experientia 36, 1055–1056 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965964

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