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Quantitative staging of embryonic development of the tobacco hawkmoth,Manduca sexta

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A complete timetable of embryonic development of the tobacco hawkmoth,Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), is presented. Using living embryos, 20 developmental stages from oviposition to hatching are described with respect to their morphological and physiological maturation. This staging series provides a simple method to identify the stage ofManduca development during all phases of embryogenesis.

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  1. Kendal S. Broadie & Michael Bate

    Present address: Dept. of Zoology, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, Cambridge, England

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  1. Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 97403, Eugene, OR, USA

    Kendal S. Broadie & Nathan J. Tublitz

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Broadie, K.S., Bate, M. & Tublitz, N.J. Quantitative staging of embryonic development of the tobacco hawkmoth,Manduca sexta . Roux's Arch Dev Biol 199, 327–334 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705925

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