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Origin and fate of the median cord in the grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis (Acrididae: Orthoptera)
Author(s) -
Baden Victor
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1050630203
Subject(s) - acrididae , grasshopper , orthoptera , biology , anatomy , cord , ganglion , zoology , ecology , medicine , surgery
The median cord arises as a hypodermal invagination along the midline from stomodeum to end of tenth abdominal ganglion. It separates from the hypoderm, but does not differentiate into any tissue; apparently it degenerates.