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Wing Sclerotization

Wing Sclerotization is a morphological process in insect wing development characterized by the localized deposition and hardening of cuticular proteins and chitin in the wing cuticle, conferring structural rigidity and biomechanical resilience essential for flight performance and wing durability.

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Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari‐Parasitiformes): An introduction to their external morphology and classification

G. O. Evans, W.M. Till · The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London · 1979 · 406 citations

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Identification of the Gene Encoding Bursicon, an Insect Neuropeptide Responsible for Cuticle Sclerotization and Wing Spreading

Elizabeth M. Dewey, Susan L. McNabb, John Ewer et al. · Current Biology · 2004 · 182 citations · Full text

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Applications of solids NMR to the analysis of insect sclerotized structures

Karl J. Kramer, Theodore L. Hopkins, Jacob Schaefer · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 1995 · 182 citations

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Cuticular sclerotization in insects

Svend Olav Andersen, M. G. PETER, Peter Roepstorff · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 1996 · 166 citations

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<i>Drosophila</i> Tyrosine Hydroxylase is Encoded by the <i>Pale</i> Locus

Wendi S. Neckameyer, K. Andrew White · Journal of Neurogenetics · 1993 · 144 citations

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    Svend Olav Andersen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    16 publications · 828 citations

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    Theodore L. Hopkins

    Kansas State University, United States

    8 publications · 356 citations

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  3. KJ
    Karl J. Kramer

    Kansas State University, United States

    8 publications · 376 citations

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  4. MS
    Manickam Sugumaran

    University of Massachusetts Boston, United States

    7 publications · 234 citations

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    Peter Roepstorff

    University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

    5 publications · 347 citations

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  1. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    813 citations

  2. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. University of Massachusetts Boston

    Boston, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    489 citations

  4. Center for Grain and Animal Health Research

    Manhattan, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    456 citations

  5. Agricultural Marketing Service

    Montgomery, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    233 citations

  6. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    159 citations

  7. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    299 citations

  8. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    173 citations

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  1. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    11 publications · 730 citations

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  2. Insect Biochemistry

    10 publications · 385 citations

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  3. Journal of Insect Physiology

    6 publications · 313 citations

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  5. Nature

    3 publications · 168 citations

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