Cornicle
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cornicle-258-12417899
title:
Cornicle
text:
The cornicle is one of a pair of small upright backward-pointing tubes found on the dorsal side of the 5th or 6th abdominal segments of aphids. They are sometimes mistaken for cerci. They are no more than pores in some species. These abdominal tubes exude droplets of a quick-hardening defensive fluid containing triacylglycerols called cornicle wax. There is some confusion in the literature about the function of the cornicle wax secretions. It was common at one time to suggest that the cornicles
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encyclopedia
description:
Tubes found on the dorsal side of aphids
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornicle
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-01T04:06:51Z
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13
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