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CAMPANIFORM sensilla on cockroach legs are mechanosensitive sense organs associated with the exoskeleton which are thought to help coordinate the animal's walking movements1. Although the fine structure of campaniform sensilla has been elucidated2, little is known about the morphogenetic changes they undergo during moulting. I wish to report initial findings of an electron microscopic investigation of the development of cockroach campaniform sensilla.
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MORAN, D. Loss of the Sensory Process of an Insect Receptor at Ecdysis. Nature 234, 476–477 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234476b0
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