Synthesis and deposition of a chitin-based noncellular, hardened, or membranous secretion from an epithelial sheet. An example of this process is found in Drosophila melanogaster. [ GOC:mtg_sensu ]
Synonyms: chitin-based cuticle anabolism chitin-based cuticle biosynthetic process chitin-based cuticle synthesis chitin-based cuticle formation
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- cuticle development
- anatomical structure development
- in taxon only Arthropoda
- only in taxon some Arthropoda
- results in development of some chitin-based cuticle