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Malpighian

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mal·pigh·i·an (ml-pg-n)
adj.
Of, relating to, or described by the Italian anatomist Marcello Malpighi.

Malpighian
named after Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist.

Malpighian body
lymphoid follicles in the spleen.
Malpighian capsule
Malpighian corpuscle
see renal corpuscle.
Malpighian layer
the stratum basale (basal layer) and the stratum spinosum (prickle-cell layer) of the epidermis considered together.


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To protect itself from the harmful effects of the sun''s ultraviolet rays, the Malpighian cells of the epidermis or outer skin release a dark brown pigment called melanin which either appears as a good tan or a crop of freckles.
What we observed was quite intriguing: in Celera, Cyp6g1 was expressed in the midgut, the Malpighian tubules and the fat body, the tissues 'traditionally' associated with the detoxification of xenobiotics.
Some scales were covered by a thinned epidermis comprised of scant goblet and malpighian cells.
 
 
 
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