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Cuticle hydrocarbons in saline aquatic beetles
Hydrocarbons are the principal component of insect cuticle and play an important role in maintaining water balance. Cuticular impermeability could be an adaptative response to salinity and desiccation in aquatic insects; however, cuticular hydrocarbons have been poorly explored in this group and the...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5511699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28717597 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3562 |