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Water vapour and heat combine to elicit biting and biting persistence in tsetse
BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are obligatory blood feeders, accessing capillaries by piercing the skin of their hosts with the haustellum to suck blood. However, this behaviour presents a considerable risk as landing flies are exposed to predators as well as the host’s own defense reactions such as tail...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765185/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23958224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-240 |