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You are what you eat—ecological niche and microhabitat influence venom activity and composition in aquatic bugs
True water bugs (Nepomorpha) are mostly predacious insects that live in aquatic habitats. They use their piercing–sucking mouthparts to inject venomous saliva that facilitates the capture and extra-oral digestion of prey animals, but their venom can also be deployed for defence. In Central Europe, n...
Autores principales: | Fischer, Maike L., Yepes Vivas, Sol A., Wielsch, Natalie, Kirsch, Roy, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Vogel, Heiko |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10031423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36946119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2064 |
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