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Molting

Known as: Moultings, Moltings, Ecdysis 
Periodic casting off FEATHERS; HAIR; or cuticle. Molting is a process of sloughing or desquamation, especially the shedding of an outer covering and… 
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Eclosion hormone (EH) is a 62-amino acid neuropeptide that initiates the ecdysis behavior of insects. The EH-encoding gene of the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
SUMMARY The moulting behaviour of nymphal Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from the laboratory colony and 3 field strains from Kenya… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
IT is now evident that α-ecdysone, a polyhydroxylated steroid, is synthesised and secreted by the insect prothoracic (ecdysial… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
1. The initiation of adult development in the pupa of the Cecropia silkworm is accompanied by a retraction of the hypodermis from…