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The hatching mechanism of 130-million-year-old insects: an association of neonates, egg shells and egg bursters in Lebanese amber

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Hatching is a pivotal moment in the life of most animals. Diverse chemical, behavioural and mechanical methods have evolved in metazoans to break the egg membranes. Among them, many arthropod and vertebrate embryos hatch using ephemeral, frequently convergent structures known as egg bursters. However, the evolutionary processes by which hatching mechanisms and related embryonic structures became established in deep time are poorly understood due to a nearly complete absence from the fossil re...

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10.1111/pala.12414

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
GLAM
Department:
Natural History Museum
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-2830-2639
Publisher:
Wiley
Journal:
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Volume:
62
Issue:
4
Pages:
547-559
Publication date:
2018-12-20
Acceptance date:
2018-10-29
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0031-0239
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pubs:953195
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uuid:e3628041-acea-4779-af9a-5fdadf4844f3
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pubs:953195
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953195
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2018-12-21

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