Briefly discuss the components that make up the exoskeleton. List the hormones responsible for this process and how the exoskeleton is shed during moulting in arthropods.

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Briefly discuss the components that make up the exoskeleton. List the hormones responsible for this
process and how the exoskeleton is shed during moulting in arthropods.

 

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