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prothorax
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prothorax [prō′thȯr‚aks]
(invertebrate zoology)
The first thoracic segment of an insect; bears the first pair of legs.
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This experiment was performed on female Acheta domesticus demonstrating a substantially greater plasticity in the behavioral choices made after intra-cellular injection of picrotoxin (PTX) into the left ventral portion of the prothoracic ganglia.
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Changes in general and specific protein synthesis that accompany ecdysteroid synthesis in stimulated prothoracic glands of Manduca sexta.
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This experiment was performed on female Acheta domesticus demonstrating a substantially greater plasticity in the behavioral choices made after intra-cellular injection of picrotoxin (PTX) into the left ventral portion of the prothoracic ganglia.
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