adult chitin-based cuticle development

Term ID

GO:0008365

Synonyms

• adult chitin-based cuticle anabolism
• adult chitin-based cuticle biosynthetic process
• adult chitin-based cuticle formation
• adult chitin-based cuticle synthesis
• adult cuticle anabolism
• adult cuticle biosynthetic process
• adult cuticle formation
• adult cuticle synthesis

Definition

Synthesis and deposition of the chitin-based cuticle of adults following the apolysis of the pupal cuticle. The adult insect cuticle contains cuticullin, a protein epicuticle and a lamellate procuticle. An example of this process is adult chitin-based cuticle development in Drosophila melanogaster. 0879694238

References

Ontology

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