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The milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas), has proved very favorable for histological and experimental studies an neurosecretion. The present paper gives a summary of what has been observed in this insect.
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Johansson, A.S. (1958). Neurosecretion in the Milkweed Bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas). In: Bargmann, W., Hanström, B., Scharrer, B., Scharrer, E. (eds) Zweites Internationales Symposium über Neurosekretion. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53252-8_19
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