(from the article `skeleton`) ...(nematodes) and arthropods. In many arthropods the cuticle is infolded to form endoskeletal structures of considerable complexity. Rigidity is ... Sclerotization involves the molecular stabilization of the protein chains of the cuticles by establishment of cross-links. Sclerotin, the product of ... [2...
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/48
The hardening and darkening processes in the cuticle (involves the epicuticle and exocuticle with a substance called sclerotin).
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http://www.earthlife.net/insects/glossary.html
hardening of the cuticle by the cross-linking of the protein chains in the exocuticle
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22346
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