The function of the accessory sex glands
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Shaaya, Eli ;Bodenstein, Dietrich
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Article
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1969
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The left colleterial gland, as part of the accessory sex glands of the adult female cockroach, produces a structural protein and the phenolic tanning agent, protocatechuic acid glucoside. Both are needed for the formation of the egg capsule (ootheca), which contains the eggs of the species. The synt