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Embryonic desiccation resistance in Aedes aegypti: presumptive role of the chitinized Serosal Cuticle

Gustavo L Rezende1, Ademir J Martins1, Carla Gentile2,4, Luana C Farnesi1, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado3, Alexandre A Peixoto2 and Denise Valle1*

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1 Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle de Artrópodes Vetores, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ and Laboratório de Entomologia, Instituto de Biologia do Exército, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3 Laboratório de Patologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4 School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University, 327 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

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BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:82 doi:10.1186/1471-213X-8-82

Published: 13 September 2008

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Expression of AaCHS1 and AaCHS2 during embryogenesis).

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Alignment of predicted protein sequences of Dipteran CHS1 sequence.

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Embryo morphology at late embryogenesis.

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