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Peculiar Miniature-Related Structural Features of Different Organ Systems of Insects

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At the Size Limit - Effects of Miniaturization in Insects

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Miniaturization leads to considerable changes in the structure of insects, affecting almost all organs and tissues. The nature of such changes in different organ systems can be quite different. The smallest insects, comparable in size to unicellular organisms, display modifications not only at the level of organs, but also at the level of cells. Different groups of insects display both shared and unique consequences of miniaturization. In this chapter the peculiar morphological features related to miniaturization that are found in different organ systems in microinsects of different orders are reviewed in detail.

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Polilov, A.A. (2016). Peculiar Miniature-Related Structural Features of Different Organ Systems of Insects. In: At the Size Limit - Effects of Miniaturization in Insects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39499-2_9

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