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| The 10-day lag was chosen a priori to represent the average development time from oviposition to eclosion at the New Jersey sites for the mosquito species examined. Scientists know that a brain peptide called eclosion hormone initiates the events that culminate in this molting, or ecdysis. The products of conception symbolize life's eclosion, its fruitfulness and unflagging, victorious increase. |
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