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A Resistant Membrane in Wool

Nature volume 168, pages 1081–1082 (1951)Cite this article

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IN a recent communication, Mercer1 disputes our isolation2 of a resistant membrane situated below the scales and surrounding the cortex of the wool fibre on the basis of experiments with membranes prepared by an entirely different method. He contends that the membrane consists of a thin film originating from the outside of the scales, and called the epicuticle, to which adhere, as contaminants, cuticular remnants.

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ALEXANDER, P. A Resistant Membrane in Wool. Nature 168, 1081–1082 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1681081a0

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