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Insects have never attracted the attentions of biochemists to the same extent as either microorganisms or vertebrates. In fact it is probably no great exaggeration to say that a major part of our current knowledge of biochemistry stems from observations using either tissue from the rat or E. coli.
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Lunt, G.G. (1975). Synaptic Transmission in Insects. In: Candy, D.J., Kilby, B.A. (eds) Insect Biochemistry and Function. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5853-1_4
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