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A HISTOCHEMICAL examination of the cuticle of the gizzard of earthworms has recently been made on Eisenia foetida S. by Van Gansen-Semal1, who suggested the presence of a non-fibrillar elastin. We have undertaken the investigation recorded here on a different species, Lumbricus terrestris L.
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IZARD, J., BROUSSY, J. Acid Mucopolysaccharides in the Cuticle of the Gizzard of Earthworms. Nature 201, 1338 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011338a0
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