ecdysis, chitin-based cuticle

id: GO:0018990
name: ecdysis, chitin-based cuticle
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The shedding of the old chitin-based cuticlar fragments during the molting cycle. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0042394ecdysis, protein-based cuticle