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From: Aedes aegypti: egg morphology and embryonic development

Fig. 1

Aedes aegypti egg. a) Egg with dark, shining aspect measuring less than 1mm and presenting pointy extremities, b) mycropylar disc (DM) at the anteroposterior position of the egg, c) DM with micropile at the center from where the spermatozoon will fertilize the oocyte, d) Posterior extremity pf the egg displaying the ornamentation peculiar to the Aedes aegypti  egg exochorion,  e) Central Tubercle (TC) surrounde by smallers Pheripheral Tubercles (TP), f) Pheripheral tubercles (TP) surrounding the Central Tubercle (TC), g) Central Tubercle (TC) of the egg, h) Exochorion (upper layer) with higher electrodense properties than the  endochorion (bottom layer), i) Internal portion of the egg (brighter) in comparison to the external portion (darker layer with TC and TP´s) of the egg that displays the impermeability of the chorion that  hindered the penetration of the resin inside the egg, j) Egg chorion  density, k) Bigger central tubercle (TC) and smaller peripheral tubercle (TP)

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