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Hurd, H., Mercer, J.G. & Munn, A.E. The effect of Hymenolepis diminuta upon ecdysteroid activity in the haemolymph of the intermediate host, Tenebrio molitor . Parasitol Res 74, 198–199 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00536035
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