This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The role of the membranous body, a secretion of the Mehlis' gland of the trematode Haematoloechus medioplexus in eggshell formation was ...

The common fruit fly circling your week-old peach has helped scientists zero in on a protein critical to the insect's eggshell formation. The paradoxical finding gives scientists a better ...

Avian eggshell formation is a sophisticated process that melds mineral deposition with an organic protein matrix to produce a structure that is both protective and functionally dynamic.

Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Sheffield have applied computing power to crack a problem in egg shell formation. The work may also give a partial answer to the age old ...

Egg shell formation for Parastrigea mexicanus is described. Eleven histochemical tests were used to elucidate the process and to characterize the oogenotop. The egg is formed in the ootype (a region ...