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Thermodynamic aspects of development forTenebrio molitor L

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Predictions of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes are tested for the development and aging of an insect. Specific heat production and specific respiration rate decrease towards a steady state with deviations for the time of hatching of the imago.

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  1. Zentralinstitut für Biochemie und Biophysik der Freien Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 30, D-1, Berlin 33, Germany

    K. -D. Loehr, P. Sayyadi & I. Lamprecht

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Loehr, K.D., Sayyadi, P. & Lamprecht, I. Thermodynamic aspects of development forTenebrio molitor L. Experientia 32, 1002–1003 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01933936

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