Mitochondrial glycerol 3-phosphate facilitates bumblebee pre-flight thermogenesis

Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) fly at low ambient temperatures where other insects cannot, and to do so they must pre-warm their flight muscles. While some have proposed mechanisms, none fully explain how pre-flight thermogenesis occurs. Here, we present a novel hypothesis based on the less studied...

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Autores principales: Masson, Stewart W. C., Hedges, Christopher P., Devaux, Jules B. L., James, Crystal S., Hickey, Anthony J. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5638826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13454-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5638826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13454-5

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