How to Open An Insect's Exoskeleton (VIDEO)

University of Iowa

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This video shows a step-by-step guide to a new technique to open insect exoskeletons to study live cells. The researchers say this can advance knowledge about hearing, eyesight and other basic biological processes using live cells from the animals.

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Alan Kay, University of Iowa

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