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Eye pigments of the blood-sucking insect, Triatoma infestans Klug (Hemiptera, Reduviidae).
Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia - 1 Aug 2005
Moraes A S, Pimentel E R, Rodrigues V L C C, Mello M L S
Abstract excerpt
The pigmentation of black (wild) and red (mutant) eyes of Triatoma infestans was studied spectrophotometrically and compared with red-eyed (wild) and white-eyed (mutant) forms of Drosophila melanogaster. The spectral absorption profiles of the black and red eye pigments of T. infestans were similar to each other and to that of the wild-type eyes of D. melanogaster. The similarity to the wild form of D....
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