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Discovery of a Lipid Synthesising Organ in the Auditory System of an Insect

Weta possess typical Ensifera ears. Each ear comprises three functional parts: two equally sized tympanal membranes, an underlying system of modified tracheal chambers, and the auditory sensory organ, the crista acustica. This organ sits within an enclosed fluid-filled channel–previously presumed to...

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Autores principales: Lomas, Kathryn F., Greenwood, David R., Windmill, James FC., Jackson, Joseph C., Corfield, Jeremy, Parsons, Stuart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3520794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23251553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051486