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Darker eggs of mosquitoes resist more to dry conditions: Melanin enhances serosal cuticle contribution in egg resistance to desiccation in Aedes, Anopheles and Culex vectors by Farnesi, Luana C, Vargas, Helena C M, Valle, Denise, Rezende, Gustavo L

“…Mosquito vectors lay their white eggs in the aquatic milieu. During early embryogenesis water passes freely through the transparent eggshell, which at this…”
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Increase in egg resistance to desiccation in springtails correlates with blastodermal cuticle formation: Eco‐evolutionary implications for insect terrestrialization by Vargas, Helena C. M., Panfilio, Kristen A., Roelofs, Dick, Rezende, Gustavo L.

“…Land colonization was a major event in the history of life. Among animals, insects exerted a staggering terrestrialization success, due to traits usually…”
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