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Occurrence of ecdysone in the blood of the chelicerate arthropod,Limulus polyphemus

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A molt promoting substance, assumed to be ecdysone, was discovered inLimulus haemolymph. Preliminary bioassay suggests a titre of 9 ng ecdysone per ml of haemolymph.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Minnesota, 108 Zoology Building, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    R. R. Winget & W. S. Herman

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Supported by the University of Minnesota Graduate School, NSF Grant No. GB 16607 and USPHS Grant No. HO 07336.

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Winget, R.R., Herman, W.S. Occurrence of ecdysone in the blood of the chelicerate arthropod,Limulus polyphemus. Experientia 32, 1345–1346 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953131

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