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Induction of Melanin Patterns and of Hardening as Separate Processes in the Cuticle of Albino Locusts with Internally Absorbed Phenol Substrates

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THE cuticle of the albino strain of Schistocerca gregaria is more or less colourless because of a complete absence of melanin and apparent utilization of a phenol substrate in the hardening process which does not give rise to a coloured scleroprotein.

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JONES, B., SINCLAIR, W. Induction of Melanin Patterns and of Hardening as Separate Processes in the Cuticle of Albino Locusts with Internally Absorbed Phenol Substrates. Nature 181, 926–927 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181926a0

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