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Arthropod Teratology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
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This paper deals with a few examples of abnormalities found in a few insects which have come to the writer's observation.
In all the Phyla or major groups of the animal kingdom there are cases of abnormalities, monstrosities, anomalies or whatever term you choose to use which indicates a deviation from the normal trend in the development of an organism. Man himself is not exempt.
From the fact that the external morphology of the organism is noticeably changed, there must also be some internal abnormal conditions to bring about these changes. Each time this occurs in an organ of a specialized organ system it tends to change the symmetry of that particular organ.
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