Evocation of venation pattern in the win
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James B. Nardi; Shong Wan Norby
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Article
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1987
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The insect wing is formed from an epithelial sheet that folds during development to establish a saclike tissue with an upper and a lower epithelial monolayer. The adult cuticle formed by the upper and lower monolayers has a distinctive pattern of thickened regions called veins. The venation pattern