Unearthing the secrets of ancient immature insects.
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24963145.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.03443 and PMC identifier 4067893.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Jurassic fossils of a bizarre fly larva that lived in water as a blood-sucking parasite highlight how much can be learnt from the study of the fossils of immature insects.
Medical subject headings
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Diptera
- Larva