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BEAMENT1–3 has described three methods for determining the transition temperature of insect cuticular waxes. For studying the influence of culture temperature on the transition point of the waterproofing wax in insect eggs, however, none of these methods is suitable, since either (a) the determinations are made on batches of several eggs, so that individual variation is obscured, or (b) the end-point is not sharply defined.
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JUDGE, P. A New Method for determining the Transition Temperature of Insect Cuticular Waxes. Nature 172, 405–406 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172405a0
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