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Brown and Cunningham1, Abramowitz2, and Scudamore3 clearly established the inhibitive influence of the sinus glands on the moulting of Crustacea. Removal of this gland in Eriocheir sinensis H. M. Edw. has enabled us to extend these observations, and show more clearly the influence of this gland on growth inhibition.
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Kamps, L. F., thesis for doctorate, Gröningen (1937).
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BAUCHAU, A. Growth and Sinus Glands in a Crab. Nature 164, 615–616 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164615b0
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