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A STUDY of the excretory system of the blood-sucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus, has led to the formulation of the following theory of uric acid excretion in that insect:
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WIGGLESWORTH, V. Excretion of Uric Acid. Nature 128, 116 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128116a0
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