The ultrastructure of book lung development in the bark scorpion <it>Centruroides gracilis </it>(Scorpiones: Buthidae)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Near the end of the nineteenth century the hypothesis was presented for the homology of book lungs in arachnids and book gills in the horseshoe crab. Early studies with the light microscope showed that book gill lamellae are formed b...

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Main Author: Farley Roger D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Online Access:http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/8/1/18